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  • Chicago Police Officers Allegedly Caught High-Fiving After 'Execution' of Paul O'Neal

    Chicago police officers were caught double-checking to make sure their body cameras were off and reportedly giving each other “high-fives” after the fatal shooting of 18-year-old Paul O’Neal in video released Friday by Chicago’s Independent Police Review Authority, reports CBS Chicago’s Charlie De Mar. As previously reported by The Root, O’Neal was shot and killed by…

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  • Shaping Conversations Around What #SafetyIs in Black Communities

    Throughout the summer, new hashtags representing the names of black and brown people who have lost their lives to police violence have flooded our social media feeds. #KorrynGaines, #PhilandoCastile, #AltonSterling and hundreds more people’s lives have been tragically cut short at the hands of police. This week, on Tuesday, communities came together under a different hashtag,…

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  • White Neighbor Arrested After Fire Erupts in Home of Only Black Firefighter in Tonawanda, NY

    Matthew Jurado, 39, had recently been removed from the Gratwick Hose Volunteer Fire Co. when a suspicious fire broke out at the home of Kenneth Walker, the only black firefighter in Tonawanda, N.Y. Two days before the incident, Walker had received a racist and threatening letter in his mailbox, NBC News reports. According to the news station,…

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  • Did My Black Forebear Have Kids With a White Employer?

    Dear Professor Gates:My fourth great-grandmother Delilah Yates was listed as a “domestic servant” in a white household on the 1870 Virginia census in Marshall-Farquhar County along with three of her children, the younger two who are listed as mulatto (Delilah and the oldest child are identified as black). My third great-grandfather Daniel Yates was also a son of…

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  • #SomedayIsToday: Members of Black Hollywood Launch PSA to Speak Out Against Mistreatment of Black Americans 

    Once again, celebrities of black Hollywood have used their platform for change, this time in a new, moving visual campaign titled, “#SomedayIsToday PSA.” Meagan Good, Boris Kodjoe, Marlon Wayans and several others come together in a video to recite the words of the famous civil rights anthem “We Shall Overcome.” The campaign went live Wednesday along with the hashtag #SomedayIsToday. In…

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  • 8 GIFs to Celebrate Obama’s Birthday

    Revered (and also hated) by many, President Barack Obama has had his fair share of GIF-able moments over the past eight years. And though his time in the Oval Office may be coming to an end, we’ll never forget his lasting legacy, as well as the entertainment he’s given us throughout his time as the…

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  • Video Shows Houston Officer Attack Woman at Traffic Stop Who Called 911 Because She Feared Him

    In March a black woman by the name of Earledreka White was pulled over by a Houston police officer for crossing the double white line. Soon afterward she called 911 because she was afraid of the cop. She said to the dispatcher, “I would like another officer to come out here. My heart is racing.…

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  • Apple's Focus on Diversity

    As Apple’s new, updated Inclusion & Diversity page shows, the company’s numbers regarding the hiring of, and pay equity for, minorities and women have improved significantly over time. The company states, “We strive to better represent the communities we’re part of. We believe this will help to break down historical barriers in tech.” The data shows…

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  • All of a Sudden My Boyfriend Doesn’t Believe in Marriage

    I’ve been with my boyfriend for two-and-a-half years. We’ve discussed marriage and looked at rings, at his request. Recently he’s been conflicted about whether marriage (as an institution) is for him. He says he loves me and doesn’t want to break up. I don’t know if this is a normal fear and I should give…

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  • Kevin Young Named Director of Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

    The New York Public Library has chosen Kevin Young, a distinguished scholar and poet, to be the new director of its Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. The research library focuses on documenting and sharing black life, history and culture around the world. Regarding Young’s appointment to head the library, NYPL President Tony Marx said, “The…

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