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  • 2 Cops Kill 21-Year-Old Man in Brooklyn, NY

    Another young person of color is dead after being shot by two New York City police officers Saturday. The New York Daily News reports that two police officers shot 21-year-old Erickson Gomez Brito after he allegedly attacked them with one of their own collapsible batons in a Brooklyn, N.Y., housing project. The News reports that Officers Jennifer…

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  • Vice President-Elect Mike Pence Booed at Hamilton Musical, Addressed From Stage

    The culture wars have officially exploded. Vice President-elect Mike Pence was booed by a theater audience when he attended the hit hip-hop musical Hamilton in New York City on Friday night—and then was addressed from the stage after the curtain fell. We are not sure what the Indiana governor, who has been a virulent opposer…

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  • Alt-Right Group Plans on Unleashing Racist ‘Fake Black Person’ Accounts After Being Banned From Twitter

    Guess what? The racists are vowing to fight back … with more racism! The Daily Stormer, an alt-right website that regularly features racist and anti-Semitic content, claims that it has nearly 1,000 “fake black person” Twitter accounts that it plans to use in an upcoming “real life” (as opposed to online) harassment campaign, reports Engadget.…

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  • Houston Anchor Fired for Blaming Obama for Violence, Racism

    A Houston news anchor was summarily dismissed for a Facebook post blaming President Barack Obama for racism, and—surprise!—praising Donald Trump. The Daily News reports that Scarlett Fakhar, 25, said she was fired Thursday from KRIV Fox 26 for expressing her “conservative views” on the social media platform. In what has to be the ironic statement…

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  • Bomani Jones to Host The Root 100 2016 Gala

    The Root 100 is one of the biggest parties with a purpose that celebrates black excellence, activism and contributions to the world. This year’s list includes influential black people who have been responsible for some of the year’s most significant cultural moments, social movements and big ideas. Infiniti will serve as the presenting sponsor of…

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  • Venus and Serena Williams Return to Compton, Calif., to Pay Homage to Their Sister

    Venus and Serena Williams are world-renowned tennis champions. They are also daughters of the historically black community of Compton, Calif. This weekend, the Williams sisters were for all intents the prodigal daughters come back to the community that shaped them, and to give back to it. Venus Williams, a seven-time grand-slam champion and the elder sister…

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  • David Banner: Trump's Election Is a Good Thing for Black Folks

    David Banner, for one, is not freaking out about the election of Donald Trump as president. In fact, by his reasoning, this may be a good thing for the black community. The day after the election, the socially conscious MC from the Dirty Dirty posted his thoughts to Facebook. Banner says that he’s never scared,…

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  • Oprah Sounds Off on Donald Trump Win, Faces Backlash

    Two days after the election of Donald Trump, Oprah Winfrey spoke with the Associated Press and said that although she was in disbelief over Trump’s presidential win, she also said that after seeing Trump’s meeting with President Barack Obama, she remained optimistic. She tweeted, “Everybody take a deep breath! Hope Lives!” “I could sense, maybe…

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  • Facebook Glitch Tells Thousands That They’re Dead 

    In what is being described as a “widespread glitch,” thousands of Facebook users who accessed their profiles Friday saw that they appeared in the “remembering” format. Even founder Mark Zuckerberg had this message on his page: “We hope people who love Mark will find comfort in the things others share to remember and celebrate his…

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  • Watch: Chimamanda Adichie Schools White Man: ‘You Don’t Get To Define Racism’

    There is a conservative trope that many like to play up (like the so-called race card), basically saying that they are “silenced” on race because they are white. Well, R. Emmett Tyrrell, editor-in-chief of the American Spectator, tried it with author, self-proclaimed feminist and all-around badass Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie on BBC News Tonight, and was…

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