A showdown appears to be brewing between elected leaders in Portland, Oregon and the Trump Administration, as…

Former Trump campaign advisor Roger Stone is enjoying his recently granted escape from federal prison by using his…

Tributes have been coming in from various public figures about the eminently admirable civil rights icon Rep. John…

An updated lawsuit from Breonna Taylor’s family alleges that the 26-year-old was alive for several minutes after…

While Megan Thee Stallion is still recovering from multiple gunshot wounds, corners of the internet have responded…

Singer and TV personality Tamar Braxton is in hospital after being reportedly found unconscious at the Ritz-Carlton…

I know you will not clutch your pearls in surprise when I tell you that one of the writers behind the notoriously…

As Black people have long known, the idea that Black lives matter is still not a given to everyone—and is actually…

For some unknown reason (maybe because he feels a way about himself being largely unknown), former Dallas Cowboys…

The mendacity of police officers never ceases to amaze me, not to mention the extensive luxuries they get to enjoy…

If it’s one thing white women know how to do, it’s to turn on the tears when they need to turn off the heat from…

As anyone could have predicted—and as The Root did just a day ago—President Trump has used the power of his office…

A little Black girl was kicked out of a daycare in Russellville, Arkansas because its operators said she was…

An election commissioner in Mississippi claims her intent wasn’t to be racist despite posting on Facebook that she…

Kanye West is apparently going to make good on a promise he made five years ago when he won MTV’s Michael Jackson…

Four Aurora Police Department officers are now out of a job following an investigation into photos they took of…

“I am pleased to report that yesterday, federal agents arrested the suspected ringleader of the attack on the statue…

While Frederick Douglass would probably be disappointed (but not surprised) that the so-called land of the free…

Former long-shot presidential candidate and Tea Party darling Herman Cain is now in the hospital being treated for…

The performative gestures from brands now trying to show that they care about Black lives—all of a sudden in…