It doesn’t matter how much Cuba’s culture changes now that the U.S. has restored diplomatic relations; if you’re waiting for black Cubans to set off some sort of racial revolution, don’t hold your breath. That’s according to some black Cubans who shared their thoughts on race with The Root in the edited Q&A below. Omar Diaz is a 28-year-old…

Kevin Dennis-Palmer, a 28-year-old father from Brooklyn, N.Y., settled a lawsuit against New York City for $75,000 for a 2013 incident that Dennis-Palmer alleges involved police brutality. He says that officers from the New York City Police Department used excessive force on him during a routine stop, including putting him in a choke hold, the…

Cybersecurity is a burgeoning industry, and the Department of Energy is seizing the opportunity to cultivate a diverse job-applicant pool that tech employers will be able to sift through in the years to come. On Thursday senior officials from the Obama administration announced that they are doling out a $25 million grant over the next…

The FBI arrested an Ohio man Wednesday who was planning to storm the U.S. Capitol and shoot as many government officials as he encountered, the Associated Press reports. Christopher Lee Cornell, 20, communicated his supported for ISIS, also known as the Islamic State, the jihadist group responsible for the insurgencies in Syria and Iraq. Cornell…

Passengers gave the Washington Post a chilling, heartbreaking account of the final moments of Carol I. Glover’s life, describing how she slowly slid out of her train seat onto all fours and whispered two words to the person who rushed to her side: “Fan me.” Glover, who was a 61-year-old business analyst at a communications firm…

New York City teens ages 16 and 17 who get arrested for nonviolent, petty crimes will be given the opportunity to forgo appearing before a judge and having the citation appear on their record, and instead opt into a “diversion program” that will require them to do community-service hours, counseling or a rehabilitating session with…

Two former Vanderbilt University football players are currently on trial on charges they sexually assaulted a female student in June 2013, the New York Daily News reports. In total, four former football players were indicted, but the remaining two will be tried separately. The victim was reportedly unconscious at the time of the attack.  On Tuesday, the first…

CNN anchor Don Lemon has been widely criticized for asking Arsalan Iftikhar, a Muslim and a human rights attorney, whether or not Iftikhar supported the jihadist group ISIS—also known as the Islamic State—during a live interview on CNN earlier this month. On Monday Iftikhar joined the chorus of people ridiculing Lemon by writing an open letter in which he…

During an interview with People magazine, Mike Huckabee—the former Arkansas governor and Republican presidential-primary candidate—described how he is flabbergasted that President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama allow their daughters to be fans of Beyoncé, the New York Daily News reports. “I don’t understand how on one hand they can be such doting parents…