Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval made a huge change to the statute of limitations in his state that could benefit sexual assault victims. On Monday, Sandoval signed a bill that would extend the statute of limitations for bringing forward rape charges from four years to 20 years. Assembly Bill 212 was spurred by the recent Bill…

Updated Tuesday, May 26, 9:51 p.m. EDT: A representative from OWN contacted The Root to state that OWN is not affiliated with Vanzant’s Baltimore appearance. Vanzant’s show does not return to the network until the fall, and the Baltimore event will not be part of the season.  Earlier: How many lives has Iyanla Vanzant fixed or…

Tracee Ellis Ross, star of ABC’s Black-ish, was the recipient of an honorary degree from her alma mater, Brown University, in Rhode Island. Ross graduated from Brown in 1994.  “Call me Dr. Ross! I was awarded an honorary doctorate degree by Brown University, my alma mater, and I am humbled and thrilled! I know I’m…

There are a lot of people who aren’t fans of President Barack Obama, and TV veteran Byron Allen seems to be one of them. Allen, host of Comics Unleashed and Entertainers With Byron Allen, shared a few choice words about the president with TMZ, accusing him of not helping out black people more. “I’m disappointed that President Obama called those…

Every so often, a meme hits the Internet that makes you realize there are some really crafty people out there. Crafty people with a lot of time on their hands. And you get to enjoy the fruits of their labor. Over the Memorial Day weekend, #BeyonceAlwaysOnBeat became one of the most talked about and retweeted…

Before B.B. King died, his daughters, Karen Williams and Patty King, had issues with his business manager, LaVerne Toney, and his personal assistant, Myron Johnson. The daughters alleged that King’s business affairs were being kept from them and that they didn’t have access to their father in the last weeks of his life. Now the…

Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar have pimped out their fertile wombs and children for years on 19 Kids and Counting, but they are now feeling the appropriate backlash after documents reveal the molestation past of their son Josh Duggar. Duggar, 27, who is staunchly against same-sex marriage and has previously stated that gay people are a danger to…

On Monday, Univision Communications Inc., the leading media company serving Hispanic Americans, announced that it has acquired The Root, the leading online news, opinion and culture destination for African Americans. “This bold new partnership between Univision and The Root underscores the ties that have long bound people of color together throughout the Western Hemisphere, and…

Over the last several months, the social media and activists have made it clear that #BlackLivesMatter. The movement has grown worldwide, but often missing from the dynamic is the talk about black women who have been killed at the hands of police. According to a new report, “Say Her Name: Resisting Police Brutality Against Black Women,”…

Politicians never cease to amaze me, and the most recent scandal out of Virginia proves that some of them are out of their bats—t-crazy minds. Former Virginia Del. Joe Morrissey, 57, has finally admitted fathering a child with his former receptionist Myrna Pride, with whom the former Democrat had been accused of having a sexual…