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  • Hillary Clinton Sets Off Tweet-Storm by Calling Racist, Xenophobic Trump Supporters ‘Basket of Deplorables’

    Racist, xenophobic and misogynistic language has been the cornerstone of Donald Trump’s campaign since he began running for president, allowing white nationalist groups and the white people who love them to come out of the woodwork to express how they really feel about blacks, Mexicans, Muslims and women. Friday night, Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton…

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  • University of Oregon to Rename Building Named for KKK Leader 

    As has been the case at Georgetown, Yale and Vanderbilt, the University of Oregon has rebranded a dorm named after a man whose life was anti-black. In the case of Oregon, it was a Ku Klux Klan leader. After a unanimous board vote on Thursday, university President Michael Schill announced that having a building named after classics…

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  • Rapper Bobby Shmurda Gets 7 Years in Prison

    Rapper Bobby Schmurda, the man behind the popular Shmoney dance—a craze all over America for a moment—copped a plea for seven years in prison just days before his trial on conspiracy and weapons charges was set to begin. The Brooklyn, N.Y.-based artist, whose real name is Ackquille Pollard, was facing 25 to life as prosecutors maintained…

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  • Watch: Allen Iverson’s Epic Hall of Fame Speech Left Nary a Dry Eye in the House

    Although there were many names of note inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on Friday, no one’s speech was quite as gracious, real and moving as that of Allen Iverson, who admittedly has been through many ups and downs in his life and career. Iverson, who remained choked up through his entire…

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  • NFL Linebacker Brandon Marshall Loses Endorsement Deal for Taking a Knee

    Denver Broncos linebacker Brandon Marshall took a stand by taking a knee during the national anthem, and now it has cost him an endorsement deal, according to the New York Daily News. Air Academy Federal Credit Union dropped Marshall as a spokesman after he joined San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, his college teammate­, to…

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  • Man Faces 20 to Life in Fatal Beating of Child With Belt

    Darrell A. Reynolds, 29, appeared Thursday in Macon County Circuit Court in Illinois, where he was arraigned on charges he beat his 4-year-old daughter to death with a belt, CBS News reports. Reynolds, of Decatur, Ill., had been giving his daughter beatings for some two years, authorities say. On Aug. 31, paramedics arrived at the Reynolds home…

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  • About That Michelle Obama Essence Photo …

    I said I wasn’t going to write about it. But I have to. I. Have. To. On Wednesday evening, I was practicing my ritual of procrastinating by browsing through Instagram. A friend, an Essence editor, posted a new image of the first couple that will run in the upcoming October issue. The Obamas are on…

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  • The Root’s Young Futurists, Where Are They Now: Simone Biles

    Simone Biles is a shining star. Her light shines brightly on and off the gymnastics floor. The 19-year-old has amassed many accolades, including 10 world championships—and most notably, Biles won four gold medals in the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. If that’s not enough, the champion gymnast has a forthcoming autobiography to be…

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  • Outkast, Hip-Hop’s Brothers From Another Planet, and the Stars Behind ATLiens: Where Are They Now?

    Twenty years ago, Outkast released their critically acclaimed sophomore album, ATLiens. At the 1995 Source Awards, amid boos and jeers, Outkast, who had just won for Best New Artist based on their debut album, Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik, warned the industry that “the South had something to say.” The next year, Outkast’s second studio album, ATLiens, said it…

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  • Tracing Your Roots: I Want to Find a Slave’s Descendants and Apologize

    I’m Australian, and hoping to trace living relatives of a slave owned by a relative of my uncle in Trinidad. I want to apologize for my ancestor’s actions. What I know is as follows: William Preston Galloway (born May 30, 1798, in Edinburgh, Scotland) landed in Trinidad in 1821 and by 1825 was the owner…

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