A white woman called the police to report two Black men living with a white woman. The police "goon squad" took it…

Even with hate crimes on the rise, it's hard to swallow something so heinous could be done by someone so young.

The department's "indifference" to Brooklyn Homes housing development led to a lack of security and contributed to…

Not even her grandfather was safe from this Louisiana 22-year-old who apparently gets really offended by personal…

The election of the state’s first openly gay legislator shows the door may be closing on homophobia in public policy.

The police have one story. A witness has another. The family told The Root that they want answers.

A man held in Fulton County Jail died just days after filing a complaint alleging the use of excessive force.

A 16-year-old was fatally stabbed after a senseless dispute over McDonald’s dipping sauce.

Tiffany Gomas, who went viral for a meltdown on a plane, was asked outside of LAX what she was shouting about.

The Rhodesia army badge seems to show up everywhere there’s a white supremacist mass shooter.

Andrew Jerome Washington needed an intervention. He got police bullets instead.

Three people lost their lives in a racially motivated shooting in Jacksonville, Fla., but recently many more have…

A Black firefighter claims he was retaliated against for speaking out about racism. Now, the Justice Department is…

Chicago Community activist Antoine Dobine was walking with a neighbor when he was interrupted by the sounds of…

Airplane Karen, the Alabama Brawl, Trump turning himself in to Fulton County and Erykah Badu's beef with Beyoncé…

Body camera footage shows an Indianapolis police officer shooting a Black man dead as he fled from the traffic stop.

Turns out, trying to scare Black kids literally to death wasn't a good learning tool.

This case from Maryland shows why we can't ever let our guard down.

Because if any city knows how to properly mark the occasion, it's Atlanta.

A man flashing a “crazy ass white boy” tattoo was caught on video hurling racial slurs at a Black man.