Living life always looking over your shoulder has become a way of life for many New York Muslims, writes Seth Freed Wessler at Colorlines. Police officials have denied the human impact of the surveillance, claiming that because it was conducted in secret, it didn’t affect people’s day-to-day activities. But many of the Muslims quoted in…

(The Root) — With his appearance on Saturday Night Live last weekend, Justin Timberlake joined an elite club. Only a handful of others have hosted the legendary sketch-comedy program five times, among them such Hollywood icons such as Tom Hanks and Steve Martin. Of course, unlike most of them, Timberlake served as that evening’s musical…

In response to Mayor Bloomberg’s newest, and often offensive, billboards shaming kids against teen pregnancy, one young mother, Gloria Malone, shared her personal experience in the New York Times. Some people argue that these ads are a fresh approach to dealing with the problem of teenage pregnancy. But I can tell you that there’s nothing…

When protesters hit the streets of East Flatbush, Brooklyn, N.Y., earlier this week to speak out against the death of 16-year-old Kimani Gray at the hands of two New York City police officers, local Councilman Jumaane Williams told media that much of the ruckus was caused by “outsiders.” However, in Black Star News Milton Allimadi…

Last Saturday, two New York police officers fatally shot 16-year-old Kimani Gray in Brooklyn, N.Y.’s Flatbush neighborhood. Some witnesses say Gray was adjusting his waistband, while police say he was wielding a gun and was also a member of the Bloods gang. Today, Matt Willoughby, the late teen’s principal at Manhattan’s Urban Assembly School of Design…

The medical world is inching closer to a cure for HIV/AIDS. ABC News reports that 14 people in France have been “functionally cured” of the virus. Fourteen patients who were treated within the first two months of infection were later able to stop combination antiretroviral therapy without an HIV rebound, according to Asier Sáez-Cirión of…

Sgt. Mourad Mourad and Officer Jovaniel Cordova, the two New York City police officers who shot 16-year-old Kimani Gray, have had a number of civil rights lawsuits filed against them, reports the New York Daily News. Sgt. Mourad Mourad racked up three suits while he was a plainclothes cop on Staten Island, and Officer Jovaniel…

“While dumping problem students from your books like a subprime loan is effective business management,” writes The Root’s contributing editor Natalie Hopkinson at The Root DC, “it’s also a deeply unethical way to operate a system of public education.” … To many, this is the point of choice: Schools need the “freedom” to boot out…