-
![[title-raw]](http://www.theroot.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/blurb-image/venus-and-serena-51713-575se.jpg "[title-raw]")
Intimate Look at the Williams Sisters
Director explains how Venus and Serena doc explores the way their enigmatic dad shaped their lives.
-
![[title-raw]](http://www.theroot.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/blurb-image/reddit-jenee-575se_0.jpg "[title-raw]")
Help! My Black Nephew Thinks He's Yellow
Our Race Manners columnist answered your burning questions in a Reddit Ask Me Anything. Check out her answers!
-
![[title-raw]](http://www.theroot.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/blurb-image/HBCU-Cover-575se_0.jpg "[title-raw]")
19 Things Every HBCU Grad Knows
Because you learn quickly that it's nothing like A Different World. At all.
-
![[title-raw]](http://www.theroot.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/blurb-image/NOLA-shooting-51613-575se_0.jpg "[title-raw]")
Shots Not Heard Round the World in NOLA
This witness to the Mother's Day mayhem that injured 19 wants to know: Why don't more people care?
-
![[title-raw]](http://www.theroot.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/blurb-image/chrisbrownonion-575jdh.png "[title-raw]")
The Onion on Chris Beating Rihanna: Offensive or Funny?
Clearly, abuse is no laughing matter. But is it that bad to make a joke at the expense of the perpetrator?
-
![[title-raw]](http://www.theroot.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/blurb-image/ramsey-575jdh.png "[title-raw]")
Ramsey: I'm American and a Human Being
The Cleveland man celebrated for discovering missing teens doesn't want to be called a hero.
-
![[title-raw]](http://www.theroot.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/blurb-image/Max and Eve_5713_575lh.jpg "[title-raw]")
Can We Raise Colorblind Children?
Writing at her MyBrownBaby blog, Denene Millner hip-checks Eve, who says she wants to raise colorblind children, arguing that the star has been blinded to reality by the veneer of money and celebrity.
-
![[title-raw]](http://www.theroot.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/blurb-image/jasoncollins-fiancee-book-0506-575-jc.jpg "[title-raw]")
Jason Collins' Ex-Fiancée Lands Book Deal
Carolyn Moos will be writing a book about hearing the news that her former fiancée is gay.
-
![[title-raw]](http://www.theroot.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/blurb-image/Charles Ramsey WEW_5713_575lh.jpg "[title-raw]")
Charles Ramsey: An Internet Hero for All the Wrong Reasons
Atlantic Wire blogger Connor Simpson lambastes the Internet's instant meme-ification of Cleveland kidnapping hero Charles Ramsey.
-
![[title-raw]](http://www.theroot.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/blurb-image/Jamaica Kincaid_5713_575lh.jpg "[title-raw]")
Jamaica Kincaid Rejects the 'Angry Black Woman' Label
In a piece at her For Harriett blog, Kimberly N. Foster agrees with author Jamaica Kincaid's rejection of the "angry black woman" label that critics try to stamp on her work.
-
![[title-raw]](http://www.theroot.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/blurb-image/Barbarajordan575x5513lc2.jpg "[title-raw]")
Quote of the Day: Barbara Jordan
The lawyer and U.S. congresswoman said that what the American people want is very simple.
-
![[title-raw]](http://www.theroot.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/blurb-image/chicago-photo-essay-0507-575-jc.jpg "[title-raw]")
Images of a Scarred Chicago
For its annual photo issue, The Fader takes a look at the violent Chicago streets.
-
![[title-raw]](http://www.theroot.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/blurb-image/Willie Manning_5713_575lh.jpg "[title-raw]")
Mississippi Death Row Inmate Willie Manning Granted a Stay
He had been scheduled to be put to death on Tuesday at 6 p.m.
-
![[title-raw]](http://www.theroot.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/blurb-image/Tim Wise Film_5713_575lh.jpg "[title-raw]")
Tim Wise's Film to Take Aim at White Privilege
The anti-racism author and educator, along with other noted scholars, will explore race and racism in the U.S. through the lens of whiteness and white privilege.
