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  • Senate Panel Votes to Approve Loretta Lynch for Attorney General

    Loretta Lynch inched one step closer to becoming the U.S. attorney general Thursday when the Senate Judiciary Committee voted for her confirmation, the Huffington Post reports. Every Democratic senator voted in her favor, while Republicans were split. Now the vote will be extended to the full Senate. Lynch’s Republican critics have concerns about her support…

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  • NJ College Freshman Dies During Pickup Basketball Game

    Patrick Awosogba, a New Jersey native and freshman at Rutgers University, died Sunday while playing a pickup basketball game at a recreation center on campus, NJ.com reports. The 18-year-old collapsed on the court around 2 p.m. Lifeguards on duty at the recreation center immediately began to administer CPR until paramedics and police officers arrived at the…

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  • 3-Year-Old Brooklyn Boy Found Dead With Belt Marks and Bruises on His Body

    Paramedics walked into a Brooklyn, N.Y., apartment Wednesday afternoon and found 3-year-old Ethan Ali dead, lying in the arms of his aunt, Kristen Dale. The boy’s body had belt marks and bruises on it. Police officers suspect that the boy “was beaten to death with a strap,” the New York Daily News reports. Medics were called…

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  • Masters of the Camera: Renowned African-American Photographers

    Nicole L. Cvetnic is The Root’s multimedia editor and producer.  Photography is a medium of personal expression and exploration. It provides us with a way to observe and reflect upon life. Through their own unique styles, these 17 photographers focused their lenses on the African-American experience to produce rare glimpses into the worlds of identity,…

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  • Being Mary Jane Recap: A Drink a Day Will Not Keep MJ’s Problems Away

    All hell breaks loose between Mary Jane and Niecy. The ingrate niece has lost her mind, checking Mary Jane about her drinking habits while living in her house rent-free. M.J. is pretty insufferable, but Niecy is lucky a clap-back was all she received from her aunt. Niecy reconnects with baby daddy No. 1, Cameron, who…

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  • Family of Unarmed Hispanic Man Who Was Shot Dead by Police Hires Benjamin Crump

    The family of Antonio Zambrano-Montes, the 35-year-old unarmed Mexican man shot dead by Washington state police officers Feb. 10, has hired civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump to seek justice in the incident, the New York Daily News reports. Zambrano-Montes’ family, like Michael Brown’s familiy before them, believe that their loved one was subjected to excessive…

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  • What Lucious Lyon Has Taught Terrence Howard About the Man He Can Be

    Terrence Howard is back on television and loving every minute of it. The man who is as well-known for his tremendous acting ability (The Butler, Ray, Hustle & Flow, The Best Man, Pride) on-screen as he is for his difficult life offscreen is back on the small screen as Lucious Lyon, the patriarch of a…

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  • Why a Condi Rice vs. Kamala Harris US Senate Race Would Be Good for America

    According to a Field Poll (pdf) released last Wednesday, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice leads a crowded field of potential candidates for California’s open U.S. Senate seat in 2016. It’s a notable occurrence that Rice, a Republican who has served in two White House administrations, has support from 49 percent of voters in a Democratic-stronghold…

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  • Joyful Noise, Part 2: 25 More Gospel Songs You Need to Hear

    The Stellar Gospel Music Awards honor the best and most inspirational artists in the genre today. From traditional to contemporary, with some hip-hop and R&B thrown in, the artists nominated this year can definitely raise the roof. The 30th annual award show, which is taped on March 28 in Las Vegas, will air on TV…

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  • US Justice Department Will Not Bring Federal Charges Against George Zimmerman  

    The Justice Department will not bring federal charges against George Zimmerman, the 31-year-old Florida man who was tried and found not guilty in the 2012 shooting death of unarmed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, the New York Times reports. Federal prosecutors found that they did not have “sufficient evidence” to prove that Zimmerman “intentionally violated Martin’s civil…

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