10/31/2021 - An Alabama Judge Accused of Making Racist and Sexist Comments in the Workplace Has Been Removed From Office

10/31/2021 - Beverly Hills Police Department Accused of Profiling Black Shoppers on Iconic Rodeo Drive

10/31/2021 - The Attorney Who Helped Get Bill Cosby Released From Prison Joins R. Kelly's Legal Defense Team

10/30/2021 - A Black Ex-High School Track Coach Alleges His Firing Was a Racially-Motivated Act of Retaliation Against Him

10/30/2021 - Fugees Postpone Long-Awaited Reunion Tour Until 2022

10/30/2021 - Washington State BLM Demands the Resignation of County Sheriff Over Confrontation with Black Newspaper Carrier

10/30/2021 - How Folklore Helped Me Reclaim Halloween: An Afro-Caribbean Tale

10/29/2021 - U.S. Capitol Police Failed to Properly Prepare for Riot on January 6, Documents Show

10/29/2021 - A Final Season Merits a First Lady: Michelle Obama Will Make a Cameo as Black-ish Makes Its Farewell Lap

10/29/2021 - Ice Cube Walked Away From Sony Film and $9 Million Because He Didn't Want to Take the Vaccine

10/29/2021 - Set in Stone: Regina King Cements Her Legacy at TCL Chinese Theatre

10/29/2021 - The Root's Clapback Mailbag: Was It Something I Said?

10/29/2021 - Ain’t Nothing Funny: Nassau County School District Says Video of White Students Using the N-Word, Wearing White Hood Was Meant to Be a ‘Joke’

10/29/2021 - Head of Prep School Who Uninvited Nikole Hannah-Jones Is Taking a Leave of Absence

10/29/2021 - Emmy-Winning Atlanta Journalist Jovita Moore Has Died at 53

10/29/2021 - Fetty Wap Arrested on Drug Charges in New York

10/29/2021 - Beyoncé and Jay-Z's Probably Haunted, Definitely Cursed Louisiana Mansion Is for Sale

10/29/2021 - Stacey Abrams’ Fair Fight Donates $1.34 Million to Cancel Medical Debt

10/29/2021 - Charley Bordelon on Queen Sugar Is Running for Congress. There Are a Whole Lot of Family Skeletons in That Closet

10/29/2021 - 18 Months After George Floyd’s Murder, Minneapolis to Vote on an Expanded Public Safety System

10/29/2021 - Indigenous Leaders Demand Atlanta Braves Get Rid of 'Dehumanizing', 'Racist' Tomahawk Chop

10/29/2021 - In Defense of Cancel Culture...and Dave Chappelle

10/29/2021 - NAACP Urges Professional Athletes to Stay the Hell Away From Texas Due to Recent Voting, Abortion Laws

10/29/2021 - Families of Mother Emanuel AME Church Shooting Victims Agree to $88M Settlement With Justice Department

10/28/2021 - The NFL Just Doubled the Likelihood of Minority Candidates Getting Passed Over for Coaching, GM Opportunities

10/28/2021 - U.S. Marshal and Georgia Officer Indicted in Shooting Death of Jamarion Robinson

10/28/2021 - Tisha Campbell and Tichina Arnold Tapped to Return as Hosts for 2021 BET Soul Train Awards, Taking Place at the Apollo Theater

10/28/2021 - It’s the Remix to Rescission: The Recording Academy Doesn’t See Nothin’ Wrong With Letting R. Kelly Keep His Grammys—for Now, at Least

10/28/2021 - The Impact of Nashville’s Civil Rights History to be Documented Through a Federal Grant

10/28/2021 - Civil War Era Law Used by Slave Catchers and Lynch Mobs to Be Used by the Three Men in Ahmaud Arbery Trial

10/28/2021 - 'I Wanted to Be a World Builder': The Root Presents: It's Lit! Gets Into The Gilded Ones With Namina Forna

10/28/2021 - 'You Got McDonald's Money?' and Other Phrases We Remember From Childhood

10/28/2021 - Letitia James Will Announce Run for NY Governor, Sources Say: Report [Update: It's Official. She's Running]

10/28/2021 - She Lost 130 Pounds—During the Pandemic

10/28/2021 - Los Angeles Lakers Blow 26-Point Lead, Gift Wrap Largest Comeback Win in Franchise History for Oklahoma City Thunder

10/28/2021 - Jada Pinkett-Smith Discusses Early Intimacy Struggles in Her Marriage on Red Table Talk—but Insists She and Will ‘Never Had Issues in the Bedroom’

10/28/2021 - G.W.O.A.T. Out: Claressa Shields Suffers 1st Loss in Her Professional Fighting Career

10/27/2021 - NeNe Leakes Says Cynthia Bailey Didn't Attend Her Husband's Funeral; Bailey Explains Why

10/27/2021 - How My Mom Used the New Peloton x Beyoncé Classes to Say She Missed Me

10/27/2021 - Florida Teens Accused of Killing Classmate Will Be Charged as Adults

10/27/2021 - 'People Aren't Going to Be Happy With It': F1 Driver Lewis Hamilton Recalls Decision to Wear Breonna Taylor T-Shirt

10/27/2021 - Man Arrested and Charged in Vandalism of George Floyd Statue in New York City

10/27/2021 - Drew Dixon, Donna Hylton and More Survivors of Color Urge New York Lawmakers to Pass the Adult Survivors Act

10/27/2021 - ‘An Avid Swimmer Doesn’t Drown Himself’: Jelani Day’s Family Disagrees With Coroner’s Report That Says He Drowned

10/27/2021 - ‘It Does Not Show Progress’: Azealia Banks Speaks on Dave Chappelle’s The Closer Controversy and Lil Boosie’s Beef With Lil Nas X

10/27/2021 - A Few Other Books Aside From Beloved That Politicians Might Want to Consider Banning for Political Gain If We Believe the Children Are Our Future

10/27/2021 - Judge Decides That Prosecutors Cannot Call the People Kyle Rittenhouse Is Accused of Shooting 'Victims’

10/27/2021 - Colin Kaepernick Gives Us the Scoop on What We Can Expect From New Series, Colin in Black and White

10/27/2021 - The Real Housewives of Atlanta Announces Official Cast for Season 14; RHOA’s Porsha Williams Gets Spinoff

10/27/2021 - 'There's Not a Booster With a Big Enough Blank Check': Mike Tomlin Squashes Rumors He's Heading to USC

10/26/2021 - Going to the Movies Just Ain’t the Same Anymore

10/26/2021 - Black Newspaper Carrier Files Lawsuit After Confrontation With Washington Sheriff

10/26/2021 - Iman Shumpert's Us-Inspired Dance Routine May Have Actually Gotten Us in the Mood for Halloween

10/26/2021 - Is Mike Tyson Really About to Fight Jake or Logan Paul in February? It Sure as Hell Looks That Way

10/26/2021 - Is Kamala Harris Being Set Up to Win or Fail? Rev. Al Sharpton Weighs In

10/26/2021 - Melina Matsoukas Defends Amanda Seales’ Portrayal of an AKA on Insecure; Sorority Says It's Taking Steps to Protect Its Brand

10/26/2021 - I've Never Purchased Any FUBU Before. That Might Change in 2021

10/26/2021 - Young, Gifted and Black: Popping Queen Angyil Wins Red Bull's 'Dance Your Style' National Finals USA

10/26/2021 - Rosa Parks Got the Glory. Claudette Colvin Just Wants Her Record Expunged

10/26/2021 - Prince to Be Considered for Congressional Gold Medal

10/26/2021 - It’s Time to Officially Clear the Names of the ‘Groveland Four’

10/26/2021 - Black People in Oklahoma and Beyond Still Feel the Effects of the Tulsa Race Massacre

10/26/2021 - Dave Chappelle Responds to Backlash Over The Closer, Says He’ll Meet With Trans Netflix Employees but Won’t Bend to ‘Anybody’s Demands’

10/26/2021 - 'Power to the People': Floyd Mayweather Throws His Support Behind Kyrie Irving's COVID-19 Vaccine Stance

10/26/2021 - Judicial Inquiry Begins in Eric Garner Case, 7 Years After His Death

10/25/2021 - Black Panther Party Celebrates Its 55th Anniversary With Unveiling of Huey Newton Bust

10/25/2021 - Yes, Halloween Is This Sunday—But It's Time to Start Your Holiday Shopping Now

10/25/2021 - Ahmaud Arbery Mural in Georgia Is a Place to Advocate for Justice and Connect to History

10/25/2021 - Statue Honoring Black Civil War Soldiers Erected Across From Confederate Monument in Tennessee

10/25/2021 - Boy, If You Don't Get: British Reporter Tries to Get Megan Thee Stallion to Rap During Press Interview at F1 Grand Prix Race

10/25/2021 - 'It's Gonna Blow the NBA World Up': Phoenix Suns Owner Robert Sarver Might be the Next Contestant on That Summer Jam Screen

10/25/2021 - ‘I Am Not a Soror’: Amanda Seales Responds to Criticism About Her Portrayal of an AKA on Insecure

10/25/2021 - Donald Trump Jr. Is Selling T-Shirts That Mock Alec Baldwin’s Fatal Movie Set Shooting

10/25/2021 - In Moving Deposition, Vanessa Bryant Reveals How She Learned About the Deaths of Kobe and Gianna

10/25/2021 - Minneapolis Officer Charged in Fatal Car Crash Death of Leneal Frazier

10/25/2021 - Insecure Intermissions: Season 5 Is Moving 'Onward, OK?!' Let's Get Into It

10/25/2021 - Ja'Marr Chase Doesn't Play Fair, the Kansas City Chiefs Don't Play at All and Other Takeaways From Week 7 of the NFL

10/25/2021 - Members of Congress Helped the Unseasoned Plan the Insurrection on Jan. 6, Protest Organizers Claim: Report

10/25/2021 - Supply Chain Shortage and the Homies Are Messing Up My Skin Moisturizing Situation—An Ode to Palmer's Lotion, Vol. 2

10/24/2021 - A White Illinois High School Student Was Sentenced After He Advertised His Black Classmate as a 'Slave' on Craigslist

10/24/2021 - U.S. Justice Department Announces New Initiative to Tackle Racially Discriminatory Lending Practices

10/24/2021 - About 40 Louisiana Dads Formed a Group to Prevent Violence at a Local High School–and It's Working

10/23/2021 - Black Museum Wants to Turn Charlottesville's Robert E. Lee Statue Into New Artwork

10/23/2021 - A Louisiana Sheriff's Deputy Who Repeatedly Slammed a Black Woman's Head to the Ground Has a History of Excessive Force Lawsuits Against Him

10/23/2021 - Washington State Sheriff Charged After Falsely Claiming Black Newspaper Carrier Threatened to Kill Him in January

10/22/2021 - Mistrial Declared in Case of Kansas City Police Officers' Wrongful Arrest of Black Teenager

10/22/2021 - Jasmine Crowe’s Free Grocery Store in Atlanta Aids in the Fight to End Hunger

10/22/2021 - A Black Man Was Profiled and Stopped by Police; Now a Vermont Town Has to Run Him $50,000

10/22/2021 - Insecure Interludes: Come for the Epic AF Final Season; Stay for the Nostalgic Playlist Vibes

10/22/2021 - Matt Gaetz Ignores the Law, and Now He Can’t Practice It in Florida: Report

10/22/2021 - DOJ Finds Racism Running Rampant in Utah School District

10/22/2021 - Maybe White People Should Feel Bad

10/22/2021 - 'Dave Is Listening,' Says Chappelle's Rep—but Is He Really Ready for Dialogue?

10/22/2021 - 'It Was Bad': Karl-Anthony Towns Talks Mental Health, Survivors Guilt After Losing Eight Relatives to COVID-19

10/22/2021 - Black Female Assistant Police Chief in DC was Told to Have Abortion to Keep Her Job

10/22/2021 - Candace Owens Wants to Go to War With Australia. Meanwhile, Australia Is Wondering WTF Is a Candace Owens

10/22/2021 - NBA Expands Its Support of HBCUs With Career Development Programs, HBCU Classic

10/22/2021 - Dak Prescott's Encourages Mental Health Awareness With 'Ask 4 Help!' Campaign

10/21/2021 - Gotham Awards 2021: Colman Domingo, Tessa Thompson, Taylour Paige Among Nominees

10/21/2021 - Zerina Akers and Black Owned Everything Partner with Nike and Nordstrom

10/21/2021 - Black Man Receives $1 Million Donation for His Kansas City Nonprofit For Disabled Men and Women

10/21/2021 - Insecure Is Leaving, OK? Here’s What Issa Rae, Yvonne Orji, and Jay Ellis Have to Say About the Final Season

10/21/2021 - Prosecutors Rest Their Case in Trial Over Police Stun Gun Death of Eurie Martin

10/21/2021 - Simone Biles Gives an Emotional Update, Admitting She's 'Still Scared to Do Gymnastics'

10/21/2021 - Federal Civil Rights Lawsuit Filed Against Oklahoma Over Anti-Critical Race Theory Bill

10/21/2021 - Ex-Minneapolis Cop Sentenced to 57 Months in Shooting Death of Woman Who Called 911

10/21/2021 - 4 Georgia Deputies Placed on Leave After Black Man Dies a Week After His Arrest

10/21/2021 - 'I'm Growing and Elevating in Real Time': The Root Presents: It's Lit! Gets Bamboozled With Insecure's Yvonne Orji

10/21/2021 - Report: The Raiders Had the Highest Percentage of Black Players in the NFL Until Jon Gruden Came on Board

10/21/2021 - Condoleezza Rice Walked so Candace Owens Could Tap Dance

10/21/2021 - We Have Twitter at Home! Trump to Make His Own Social Media Site Because He’s Banned on All Platforms

10/21/2021 - Howard University Students Begin 2nd Week of Protests, Sit-Ins Against Poor Campus Living Conditions

10/21/2021 - Meghan Markle Gets Political With an Open Letter Advocating for Paid Family Leave

10/21/2021 - Dave Chappelle Fans and Netflix Employees Clash During Walkout; Comedian Says He’ll Do 10-City U.S. Tour if The Closer Is Removed From Streamer

10/21/2021 - NFL, Players Agree to End 'Race Norming' in $1B Concussion Settlement

10/20/2021 - Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Announces New DNA Examination in 'Atlanta Child Murders' Case

10/20/2021 - The Audacity of Nope: Why Rahm Emanuel Keeps Trying to Make Rahm Emanuel Happen

10/20/2021 - ELLE’s 27th Annual Women In Hollywood Celebration Was Dazzlingly Diverse

10/20/2021 - Nicki Minaj Scores Legal Win as Court Denies $20 Million Default Judgment in Case

10/20/2021 - Urine Trouble: The Great Confederate Doo-Doo Chair Caper Concludes With No Charges

10/20/2021 - 10-Year-Old Black Girl Handcuffed and Arrested for 'Offensive' Drawing of Her School Bully

10/20/2021 - Red Bull's Dance Your Style Represents Hip-Hop's Evolution, But Dancers Like Outrage Ensure the Competition Remains True to Its Roots

10/20/2021 - Amid Ongoing Health Concerns, Wendy Williams' Hiatus Will Now Extend Into November

10/20/2021 - Report: Dr. Dre's Estranged Wife Serves Him Divorce Papers—at His Grandmother's Funeral?

10/20/2021 - Delonte West Arrested for Disorderly Conduct, Resisting Arrest in Florida

10/20/2021 - It’s the Remix to Conviction: R. Kelly’s Chicago Trial Finally Set for August of 2022

10/20/2021 - Thomas Jefferson Statue Leaving New York City Hall by End of Year

10/20/2021 - 5 Songs That Would Launch 1,000 Think Pieces If They Were Released Today

10/20/2021 - How Trump’s Defense Secretary Kept His Dumb Ass from Building a Moat Filled with Alligators Around the Southern Border. No, Seriously.

10/20/2021 - Black Ivy: The Resurgence of HBCUs

10/20/2021 - Guess Who's Bizzack?

10/20/2021 - Netflix Co-CEO Ted Sarandos Admits He 'Screwed Up' in the Aftermath of Dave Chappelle’s Controversial Comedy Special

10/19/2021 - Cementing Her Status as a Style Star, Zendaya Has Been Named the 2021 CFDA Fashion Icon

10/19/2021 - Flavor Flav Arrested for Alleged Domestic Violence Incident in Nevada

10/19/2021 - 1 Dead After 2nd Fatal Shooting in a Week at Grambling State University

10/19/2021 - On the Next Stop of Their Controversial Tiffany's Campaign, the Carters Get Cute—but Blue Ivy Steals the Show

10/19/2021 - The Supreme Court Just Made It Easier for Cops to Brutalize Black and Brown People

10/19/2021 - John McCain’s Daughter Reflects on Her Time on The View in Upcoming Memoir, Calls Show ‘A Toxic Work Environment.’ Sure, Jan.

10/19/2021 - Welp, That Didn't Take Long: Ben Simmons Gets Booted From Practice, Suspended by the 76ers

10/19/2021 - Trump on Colin Powell’s Death: ‘He Made Plenty of Mistakes, but Anyway, May He Rest in Peace!

10/19/2021 - Thomas Markle Claims He 'Doesn't Understand' Why Meghan Has Cut Him Off. We Can Think of a Few Reasons...

10/19/2021 - Watch Out World, He’s 'Ye' Now: Kanye West Legally Changes His Name, Debuts New Look to Go With It

10/19/2021 - Cut the Check: Dawn Staley Joins UConn’s Geno Auriemma as the NCAA's Highest-Paid Woman's Coach

10/19/2021 - Fox News Couldn’t Wait to Politicize Colin Powell’s Death

10/19/2021 - You've Gotta Be Stupid AF to Get Suspended by the NHL for a Fake Vaccination Card, and Evander Kane Is Stupid AF

10/18/2021 - 'I’m Learning It’s OK to Be Who I Am': Chlöe Bailey on Owning Her Sexuality, Self-Acceptance, and Upcoming Solo Album

10/18/2021 - 'I'm Just Doing What I'm Supposed to Do': Keshia Knight Pulliam Pays It Forward With HBCU Class in Session Series

10/18/2021 - Melissa Harris-Perry Makes It Official as Host of Public Radio Weekday News Show The Takeaway

10/18/2021 - A Postgame Analysis of the Big Daddy Kane and KRS-One Verzuz Battle

10/18/2021 - 'I Changed the Whole Game': Billy Porter Calls Out the Double Standard in Praising Harry Styles' Nonbinary Fashion

10/18/2021 - Judge Denies Dismissal of Criminal Case for Empire Star Jussie Smollett

10/18/2021 - Ex-Intel Official: Those Trump Pee Tapes ‘Probably Exist’

10/18/2021 - Just In Case It Wasn't Abundantly Clear Beforehand, Candace Parker Cements Her Status as a WNBA Legend

10/18/2021 - 'She Went Out Strong': Dorothy Steel, Who Made Her Feature Film Debut in Black Panther, Dies at 95

10/18/2021 - Jury Selection Begins in Ahmaud Arbery Murder Trial

10/18/2021 - The Jacksonville Jaguars End Their Losing Streak, the Arizona Cardinals Can't Be Beat and Other Takeaways From Week 6 of the NFL

10/18/2021 - ‘This Might Be My Last Show’: Bow Wow Threatens to Leave Millennium Tour

10/18/2021 - Colin Powell, First Black Secretary of State, Dies From COVID Complications

10/17/2021 - Cellphone Video Captured a Louisiana Sheriff's Deputy Violently Slamming a Black Woman's Head Against Pavement

10/17/2021 - Philadelphia Passes Bill to Keep Police From Pulling Over Drivers for Minor Traffic Violations

10/17/2021 - A Black Trans Actor Claims They Were Dropped From the 'Hamilton' Cast After Requesting a Gender-Neutral Dressing Room

10/16/2021 - A Viral TikTok Video Shows a Woman Falsely Accusing a Black Comedian of Breaking Into Cars at Their Nashville Apartment Complex

10/16/2021 - A Black Louisiana State Trooper Says His Potential Firing Is Retaliation for Speaking Out About Ronald Greene's Death

10/16/2021 - Netflix Fires Organizer of Planned Trans Employee Walkout Over Dave Chappelle's Recent Special

10/15/2021 - Please Make It So: Trump Claims His Supporters Won’t Vote in 2022 or 2024 If America Doesn’t Solve the Great 'Election Fraud of 2020'

10/15/2021 - The Prince Estate Just Blessed Us With a Previously Unheard Demo of 'Do Me Baby,' and I'm Not Clutching My Pearls—You Are

10/15/2021 - After Splitting From the Joe Budden's Podcast, Rory and Mal Get the Last $10 Million Laugh

10/15/2021 - Bill Cosby Sued by Artist and Former Cosby Show Actress Lili Bernard

10/15/2021 - The Root's Clapback Mailbag: Respectfully...

10/15/2021 - The Chicago Police Union Has Told Officers to Defy COVID-19 Vaccine and Mayor Lori Lightfoot Is Pissed

10/15/2021 - Happy Birthday to Tito Jackson! This Is a Tito Jackson Appreciation Post

10/15/2021 - Howard University Didn't Have a Women's Rugby Team, So a Black Woman Spawned a Movement by Creating One

10/15/2021 - Texas School Official Advises Teachers to Offer Books With Opposing View of the Holocaust. You Know Slavery Is Next

10/15/2021 - 4 Security Guards Charged in 2014 Death of Black Man in Detroit-Area Mall

10/15/2021 - My HBCU Comeback Moment: A Tailgate to Remember

10/15/2021 - We Love to See It: Megan Thee Stallion Secures Yet Another Bag, Enters Huge Development Deal With Popeyes

10/15/2021 - Kevin Durant Keeps the Faith, Believes Kyrie Irving Situation 'Will Work Out'

10/15/2021 - A Conspiracy of Whiteness: Did an ESPN Insider's Email Inadvertently Reveal How the NFL Blackballed Colin Kaepernick?

10/14/2021 - Dwyane Wade’s Son Zaire Signs With Utah Jazz's G-League Affiliate Team

10/14/2021 - Henrietta Lacks, Whose Cells Were Taken and Used in Scientific Breakthroughs, Receives Posthumous Award

10/14/2021 - Ex-Louisiana State Trooper Pleads Not Guilty in Black Motorist’s Brutal Beating

10/14/2021 - A Black Father of 5 Who Was Shot 7 Times in California May Be a Victim of a Hate Crime, Police Say

10/14/2021 - The Black Women's Player Collective Is Here to Usher In the Next Generation of Superstar Athletes

10/14/2021 - Civil Rights Activist and Historian Timuel Black Dies at 102

10/14/2021 - The Rolling Stones Scratches 'Brown Sugar' Off Setlist Due to 'Conflicts' Over Lyrical Content About Slavery

10/14/2021 - Baltimore County to Pay $6.5 Million to Family of Unarmed Man Killed by Officer

10/14/2021 - Meek Mill’s Expensive Pain Album Artwork on Bus Causes Outrage; Killer Mike Comes to His Defense

10/14/2021 - Black in the Day: Barrettes, Blue Magic and Other Ways We Laid Our Hair

10/14/2021 - Family of Black Woman Found Dead Inside a Police Van in Alabama Refuses to Accept Autopsy Results

10/14/2021 - 'It’s Time White America Pays Attention': The Root Presents: It's Lit! and Keith Boykin Run Down the Race Against Time

10/14/2021 - Netflix Employees Plan Walkout Over Dave Chappelle’s Special as Co-CEO Ted Sarandos Doubles Down in Support

10/14/2021 - First She Beefed With Denzel, Now Katie Couric Admits to Editing Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Negative Comments on Kneeling Protest

10/14/2021 - Making a Martyr: Kyrie Irving Is Prepared to Die on His $186 Million Hill

10/14/2021 - Students at Howard Protest School for Poor Housing Conditions, Tuition Increase and Lack of Representation

10/14/2021 - Study: Counties With More Confederate Statues Had More Lynchings

10/14/2021 - 2 Million Black People May Have Been Undercounted in 2020 Census

10/13/2021 - UnitedMasters Launches Deal With Coinbase to Let Artists Get Paid in Cryptocurrency

10/13/2021 - Black Sculptor Sandra Mujinga Wins Biggest Prize for Contemporary Art

10/13/2021 - Jay-Z's Team Roc Raises $1 Million to Help Investigate Wrongful Conviction Cases in Kansas City

10/13/2021 - Mary McLeod Bethune Statue Unveiled in Florida Before a Permanent Stay in the U.S. Capitol

10/13/2021 - Black Students in Georgia Suspended After Planning Protest Against Racism

10/13/2021 - 3 Brothers Meet for the 1st Time in 50 Years

10/13/2021 - Indianapolis Officer Charged With 2 Felonies for Kicking a Handcuffed Black Man in the Head

10/13/2021 - Damon Wayans Said Dave Chappelle Freed the Comedy 'Slaves,' and I'm Getting Real Tired of Y'all Using 'Slaves' So Loosely

10/13/2021 - Tyga Turns Himself in to Police Following Domestic Violence Allegations From Ex-Girlfriend Camaryn Swanson

10/13/2021 - To the Surprise of Every-Damn-Body, Ben Simmons Crashes the 76ers Family Reunion

10/13/2021 - Black Servicewoman Files Suit After Being Denied Entry to Casino After Security Assumed Her Military ID Was Fake

10/13/2021 - Black Woman Becomes First Deputy Commissioner In Pennsylvania State Police History

10/13/2021 - Thanks to a Hornet Attack, J.R. Smith's 1st Golf Tournament as a Collegiate Athlete Didn't Exactly Go As Planned

10/13/2021 - Does Your Friend Have a 'Racist Bone' in Their Body? A Quiz

10/12/2021 - Black Parents in Minnesota Sue School System for Unfair Treatment of Their Children

10/12/2021 - Wendy Williams' Return Is Still Uncertain as Daytime Talk Show Books Guest Hosts for Upcoming Season

10/12/2021 - Louisville Will Pay $75K to Black Couple for Cops' Behavior During Traffic Stop But Tells Them to Shut Up About It

10/12/2021 - Des Moines Protester Found Guilty of Theft for Taking a Minneapolis Police Flyer

10/12/2021 - Connecticut Tobacco Field Where Martin Luther King Jr. Worked Will Be Named a Historical Site

10/12/2021 - Trump Supporters Are Waving All-Black American Flags, and Here’s Why You Should Be Nervous

10/12/2021 - No Charges for U.S. Marshals Task Force Members Who Shot Winston Smith Jr.

10/12/2021 - Get the Vaccine, Deadass: Blac Chyna Goes Off on Fans About Vaccines at Miami Airport

10/12/2021 - Fully Vaccinated Governor Bans All Coronavirus Vaccine Mandates, Including for Private Businesses

10/12/2021 - Brooklyn Nets Tell Kyrie Irving 'You Ain't Gotta Go Home, But You Gotta Get the Hell Up Outta Here'—Until He Gets Vaccinated

10/12/2021 - Tiger Woods Spotted Without Crutches, Making 'Remarkable Recovery' After Serious Single-Car Accident

10/12/2021 - Netflix Suspends Trans Employee Who Spoke Out Against Dave Chappelle’s Comedy Special on Twitter

10/12/2021 - Majority-Black Michigan City Has Water Problem That Rivals Flint Water Crisis

10/12/2021 - Jon Gruden Resigns After Saying the Quiet Part Out Loud

10/12/2021 - Black Paraplegic Man Pulled Out of Car by Dayton Police Plans to Sue

10/12/2021 - The Democratic Party's 'I Don't See Color' Homeownership Fight, Explained

10/11/2021 - Boston Youth Homelessness Organization Receives $2.5 Million Grant

10/11/2021 - California Makes Ethnic Studies a Requirement for Graduating From High School

10/11/2021 - Forget ‘Leave the Door Open.’ It’s Time to Bust the Doors Down Because Silk Sonic Is Coming Through With That New Album After All

10/11/2021 - The Weeknd Named World Food Programme Ambassador for United Nations

10/11/2021 - Black Ex-FBI Agent in Virginia Drives School Bus to Help His Community

10/11/2021 - Fisk Jubilee Singers Celebrate Their 150th Anniversary

10/11/2021 - Missouri County Approves Removal of Controversial Courthouse Murals Showing Attempted Lynching

10/11/2021 - Taraji P. Henson, Tracie Jade on the Importance of Community, Dealing With Social Anxiety and Imposter Syndrome

10/11/2021 - The President of Racist Windstorms Makes Baseless Claim That Haitian Migrants Coming to the US ‘Probably Have AIDS’

10/11/2021 - 1st Black Female Firefighter Sues Florida City for Depicting Her as a White Person in Mural

10/11/2021 - My HBCU Comeback Moment: Find A Way Or Make One

10/11/2021 - 84 Percent of Trump Voters Are Worried About White Discrimination, Poll Finds

10/11/2021 - N.C. Lawmakers Call for Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson's Job After Video Surfaces of Him Calling Transgenderism, Homosexuality 'Filth'

10/11/2021 - S.C. Police Chief Sued for Allegedly Sending Racist, Inappropriate Texts

10/10/2021 - North Carolina Teacher Resigns After Telling Black Students They Would Be Her 'Field Slaves' If Not For the Constitution

10/10/2021 - Dayton Police, NAACP Investigating After Officers Forcibly Remove Paraplegic Motorist From His Car

10/10/2021 - R. Kelly's Album Sales, Streams on the Rise After His Conviction

10/9/2021 - A Black Real Estate Agent and His Clients Sue the Michigan Police Officers Who Handcuffed Them During a Home Showing

10/9/2021 - Federal Prosecutors Won't Charge Kenosha Police Officer Who Shot Jacob Blake 7 Times in the Back Last Year

10/9/2021 - Raiders Head Coach Jon Gruden Made Racist Comment About NFL Players Union Head in 2011 Email

10/8/2021 - Role Call: Tina Turner Is Still Viva La Money With New BMG Deal

10/8/2021 - Idris Elba Confirms He Won’t Be the Next James Bond, and I Am ‘Shaken, Not Stirred’ About It

10/8/2021 - New Hampshire Woman Accused of Telling 9-Year-Old Black Boy She Would ‘Kneel on His Neck’

10/8/2021 - Maya Angelou Among 5 Women to Be Honored on New U.S. Coins

10/8/2021 - Black Man’s Murder Conviction Reversed After 20 Years on Death Row

10/8/2021 - Minneapolis Police Say They’re ‘Hunting Activists’ on New Bodycam Footage From George Floyd Protests

10/8/2021 - In Honor of Its 75th Anniversary, the NBA Takes Us on a Trip Down NBA Lane

10/8/2021 - Trump Reportedly Granted Hip-Hop Manager Jimmy Henchman Clemency, So Why Is He Still in Prison?

10/8/2021 - ‘If This Is What Being Canceled Is Like, I Love It’: Dave Chappelle Met With Standing Ovation During Untitled: Dave Chappelle Documentary Screening

10/8/2021 - Bomani Jones Is Goals Because Now He Has a Late Night Show on HBO and You (Probably) Don't

10/8/2021 - 18 Former NBA Players Charged in $4 Million Healthcare Fraud Scheme

10/8/2021 - Fuck Kyrsten Sinema

10/7/2021 - Black Massachusetts Ex-Firefighter Awarded $11M in Racial Discrimination Settlement

10/7/2021 - Many of the 140,000 Children Who Have Lost a Caretaker to COVID-19 Are Children of Color

10/7/2021 - One of the Nation’s Oldest Black Churches Uncovered in Williamsburg, Virginia

10/7/2021 - Letitia Wright Criticized Once Again for Spreading Anti-Vax Sentiments on the Set of Black Panther 2

10/7/2021 - GOP Operative: Helping Kids of Color Feel Like They Belong Hurts White Kids

10/7/2021 - Tennessee Cop Who Was Knocked Out for Being Racist Resigns

10/7/2021 - 'I Stay Coogi Down to the Socks': Remembering the Fashion That Shaped Black Culture

10/7/2021 - Halle Berry, Anthony Anderson, Jennifer Hudson and Barry Jenkins to Be Honored at Critics Choice Association's Celebration of Black Cinema & Television

10/7/2021 - Candace Parker Brings the Chicago Sky One Step Closer to Its 1st WNBA Championship

10/7/2021 - Serial Killer Who Used Dating Apps to Lure Victims Gets Sentenced to 160 Years

10/7/2021 - Black Virginia Democrats Call Out Republican Opponents for Flyers Featuring Black Politicians Dangling From Ropes Like Puppets

10/7/2021 - ‘Get Ya Black Asses Back to Work’: EEOC Sues Construction Company for Racism at a Tennessee Worksite

10/7/2021 - 'It Speaks to Your Inner Child': The Root Presents: It's Lit! Explores the Literary Frontier of Fantasy With Ayana Gray

10/7/2021 - The Basketball Recruiting Class for Kanye West's Donda Academy Is No Joke

10/7/2021 - My HBCU Comeback Moment: Stomping The Yard

10/7/2021 - Damian Williams Is the First Black U.S. Attorney to Lead the Southern District of New York in Its 232-Year History

10/7/2021 - National Black Justice Coalition, GLAAD Call Out Dave Chappelle’s ‘Lazy and Hostile Transphobia and Homophobia' Jokes in Latest Netflix Comedy Special

10/7/2021 - NBA Players Won't Be Subject to Random Marijuana Tests During 2021-22 Season

10/7/2021 - Community Rally Helps to Quiet Neighbor's Racist Noises for Black Virginia Beach Family

10/7/2021 - Black 6-Year-Old Girl Becomes Georgia’s Youngest Certified Farmer

10/7/2021 - The Ozy Finesse, Explained

10/6/2021 - Black People Disproportionately Died of COVID-19 Last Year, Study Says

10/6/2021 - Black Worker Claiming Discrimination Wins $100,000 Settlement From City of San Diego

10/6/2021 - ESPN's The Undefeated Runs It Back With Why Not Us: FAMU Football

10/6/2021 - Rare Collection of Muhammad Ali Sketches Sell for Almost $1 Million at Auction

10/6/2021 - Colman Domingo, Chris Rock, Audra McDonald, Glynn Turman All Tapped for Upcoming Bayard Rustin Biopic

10/6/2021 - Philadelphia Police Department Investigating Viral Video of a White Officer Harassing a Black Man

10/6/2021 - Murders of Black Women and Girls on the Rise, According to FBI Report

10/6/2021 - White NJ Man Who Hurled Racist Remarks at Black Man Is Now Facing Nearly 2 Dozen Charges

10/6/2021 - Grand Rapids, Mich., Declares Racism a Public Health Crisis

10/6/2021 - It's the Remix to Eviction: R. Kelly's Music Channels Get Removed From YouTube

10/6/2021 - Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx Are Beefing. Here’s How It All Went Down

10/6/2021 - Is ESPN Conveniently Hiding Sage Steele's Suspension Behind a COVID-19 Diagnosis? It Sure as Hell Looks Like It

10/6/2021 - BET Hip-Hop Awards 2021: Nelly; Tyler, the Creator and Missy Elliott Among Winners

10/6/2021 - White Man Accused of Killing Ahmaud Arbery Wants Court to Ban Picture of His Confederate Flag-Themed License Plate

10/6/2021 - President Biden Promised HBCUs the World. The Reality Is Going to Be Much Less

10/6/2021 - Missouri Executes Ernest Johnson After SCOTUS, Governor Decline to Intervene

10/5/2021 - N.C. School Board Passes Strict Policy on Critical Race Theory After Threat to Cut Funding

10/5/2021 - Maine Student Stages Walkout After Her Anti-Racism Art Is Removed From School Library

10/5/2021 - Move Over Apple: Kanye West Filed a Trademark for a Line of ‘Donda’ Electronic Products

10/5/2021 - Justice Department Is Reviewing Decision Not to Charge FBI Agents in Nassar Investigation

10/5/2021 - Trump Isn’t Going to Like This: Former President Falls Off Forbes List of America’s Richest People

10/5/2021 - Grab Your Coin: Rihanna's Savage X Fenty Will Be Headed to a Storefront Near You Soon

10/5/2021 - KRS-One, Big Daddy Kane Set to Face Off in Verzuz

10/5/2021 - Meet Democrat Marcus Flowers, the Army Vet Who’s Looking to Unseat Qrazy Marjorie Taylor Greene

10/5/2021 - Virginia AG Sues Slumlord Over Sexist and Racist Treatment of Tenants

10/5/2021 - Another Noose?! Givenchy Faces Heavy Backlash for Its Jim Crow-Inspired Necklace

10/5/2021 - Sage Steele Lives to Say All the Wrong Things; Anchor Removed From the Air After Contracting COVID-19 [Updated]

10/5/2021 - My HBCU Comeback Moment: The Miss HBCU Pageant

10/5/2021 - Texas Pardons Board Recommends Posthumous Pardon for George Floyd in Drug Conviction

10/5/2021 - Bubba Wallace Becomes 1st Black Driver to Win NASCAR Cup Series Race Since 1963

10/5/2021 - Black Former Tesla Worker Awarded $137 Million Over Racist Treatment

10/5/2021 - ‘Comedians Have a Responsibility to Speak Recklessly’: Dave Chappelle’s Newest Comedy Special The Closer Lands at Netflix

10/5/2021 - Henrietta Lacks' Estate Sues Company It Says Profits From Her Cells

10/4/2021 - Family’s Wrongful Death Lawsuit in Police Shooting of Eric Logan Dismissed

10/4/2021 - Things That Make You Go, Hmmm…: More Black People Have Been Looking for Jobs, But Fewer Black People Have Jobs

10/4/2021 - National University Group Launches Investigation of Structural Racism at University of North Carolina

10/4/2021 - Kansas City High School Teacher Gave Students a Worksheet Containing Racial, Misogynistic and Homophobic Slurs

10/4/2021 - Sterling K. Brown to Star and Executive Produce Upcoming Limited Series, Washington Black

10/4/2021 - $100,000 Donation Launches Breonna Taylor Memorial Scholarship Fund

10/4/2021 - 'That Would Be a Lot of Money': Mike Tyson Volunteers to Whoop Logan Paul's Ass for $100 Million

10/4/2021 - In Honor of Chadwick Boseman, Netflix Creates $5.4 Million Scholarship for Howard University Students

10/4/2021 - Omarosa on Trump: He Needs to Come Clean to the American People About His Health

10/4/2021 - Black Therapist Found Noose at Her Home After Reporting Racism at Her Job, Lawsuit Says

10/4/2021 - Missouri Is Set Execute Ernest Johnson, Despite Lawmakers and the Pope Begging the Governor Not To

10/4/2021 - 2 White Reporters Suspended After They Wear Afro Wigs On Live Television

10/4/2021 - NYC Statue of George Floyd Vandalized Again in New Location

10/4/2021 - American Idol Alum Syesha Mercado’s Son Is Finally Home

10/4/2021 - HAHAHA! Just Kidding, Guys! I'm Vaccinated Now! LMAO!

10/4/2021 - Florida Governor to Haitian Migrants: You’re Not Welcome Here

10/4/2021 - Why Are They Like This? Another White Woman, This Time, Katie Couric, Recalls Feeling ‘Shaken’ After an Interview With Denzel Washington in 2004

10/4/2021 - Daddy's Home

10/3/2021 - FDNY Suspends 9 Firefighters for Sharing Racist Memes on Their Phones

10/3/2021 - Grand Jury Indicts White Oregonian Accused of Killing a Black Man After He Spoke to His Girlfriend Outside of a Nightclub

10/3/2021 - 'Boogaloo Boi' Admits to Opening Fire at a Minneapolis Police Station During George Floyd Protests

10/2/2021 - Viral Photo Shows White Kansas High Schoolers Posing with Racist Homecoming Proposal Sign

10/2/2021 - Lawsuit Over Confederate Monument in Tuskegee, Ala. Currently Stalled in Court

10/2/2021 - Texas Gov. Abbott Wants to Reverse the Lowered Illegal Voting Penalties He Just Signed Into Law

10/1/2021 - Rep. Ayanna Pressley Wants Medicare to Cover Wigs: 'It’s So Much More Than Cosmetic'

10/1/2021 - Lawsuit Claims Black Air Force Base Worker Was Called Racial Slurs at Work

10/1/2021 - Joell Embiid Makes It Abundantly Clear He's Not Feeling Ben Simmon's 'Borderline Disrespectful' Antics

10/1/2021 - Wendy Williams Postpones Return to Daytime Talk Show Due to Ongoing Medical Issues

10/1/2021 - Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis May Not Run for President Because He’s Too Busy Fighting Critical Race Theory. No, Seriously.

10/1/2021 - The Root's Clapback Mailbag: I'll Try It Your Way

10/1/2021 - Newly Released Bodycam Footage Shows Chicago Cop Wrestling With Black Woman Walking Dog in Park

10/1/2021 - Charlotte, N.C., Police Are More Likely to Pull Over Black Drivers, Report Says

10/1/2021 - Police Killings Undercounted by More Than Half, Study Says

10/1/2021 - Donnie Simpson Announces Return of Video Soul; Big Tigger Teases Rap City '21

10/1/2021 - Xavier Prather Makes Television History as the 1st Black Winner of CBS' Big Brother

10/1/2021 - Dr. Dre Will Be Joined by Snoop Dogg, Mary J. Blige, Eminem and Kendrick Lamar for Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show

10/1/2021 - California Beachfront Property Taken From Black Couple Nearly 100 Years Returned to Descendants