-
Ex-NYPD Officer Blames Recent Firing on His Role in Louima Abuse Case
A former officer with the New York City Police Department, who was charged with violating the civil rights of Abner Louima in a brutal police station attack in 1997, has filed a lawsuit against a utility company, charging that he was fired because of his role in the assault, the New York Daily News reports.…
-
Man Arrested in Bombing Near Colo. NAACP Office
A Colorado man was arrested late Thursday on arson charges and for being a felon in possession of firearms in connection with the January pipe-bomb explosion outside a building that houses the Colorado Springs chapter of the NAACP, the Washington Post reports. The man, Thaddeus Murphy, 44, reportedly admitted to placing the homemade explosive device…
-
Mayweather Set to Fight Pacquiao in Richest-Ever Boxing Encounter
In a fight that promises to “make both boxers richer than ever,” Floyd Mayweather Jr. is slated to meet Manny Pacquiao in the ring on May 2 in a long-anticipated welterweight fight, according to the Associated Press. None other than Mayweather himself announced the event on Friday by posting an image of the signed contract…
-
Why She Got a Tat of Malcolm X’s ‘By Any Means Necessary’ at Age 20
To commemorate the 50th anniversary of Malcolm X’s assassination, The Root looked for ways that people continue to demonstrate their admiration for and inspiration by Malcolm X and his message. Whether it’s getting a tattoo of a Malcolm X quote, keeping his autobiography front and center on a coffee table, hanging his poster on a dorm-room wall or donning a Malcolm X T-shirt, there are…
-
I’m White and Curious About My ‘Free Colored’ Ancestor
My family has lived all of our lives as “white” people, but recently we were pretty surprised to learn through DNA testing that my father and I both have non-European DNA; my dad has more than 3 percent sub-Saharan-African DNA. While researching my father’s paternal line, I was able to connect my second great-grandfather back…
-
Does My Man Have a Right to Be Upset if I Accept Drinks From Other Guys When I Go Out Without Him?
Should a man get upset or feel a type of way if his girlfriend goes out, either solo or with friends, and other men buy her drinks? Or should she turn them down? —Anonymous Let me ask you this instead: Would you be OK if your man went out, either solo or with friends, and…
-
Malcolm X: Letter From Prison in 1950
This recently auctioned letter, dated March 9, 1950, from Malcolm X was written to “My Dearly Beloved Brother Raymond.” Raymond has never been identified.
-
Report: MSNBC Cancels Joy Reid’s Reid Report in Afternoon-Programming Shake-Up
In the midst of a ratings slide that has seen MSNBC fall further behind competitors CNN and Fox News in recent months, the left-leaning network has canceled its 2 p.m. weekday program, The Reid Report—hosted by veteran journalist Joy Reid—and its 1 p.m. weekday show, Ronan Farrow Daily, hosted by relative newcomer Ronan Farrow, reports…
-
Can Reforming Culture Save Black Youths?
Jamaican-born Orlando Patterson, a Harvard sociology professor since 1969, likes to tackle big issues. Slavery and Social Death and Freedom in the Making of Western Culture, two of his most acclaimed works, traverse centuries and continents. Now he’s confronting the issue of culture and black youths. In the newly released The Cultural Matrix: Understanding Black…
-
Happy Birthday, Smokey: Thanks for the Soundtrack of Our Lives and Loves
The Motown musical genius Smokey Robinson—the man whom Bob Dylan famously called America’s “greatest living poet”—turns 75 today. In a career of astonishing longevity spanning more than half a century and with hits too numerous to list, he has given pleasure to millions throughout the world. As such, it is only fitting that we pause to…
Black News and Black Views with a Whole Lotta Attitude
