Mourning in America: The Root Watches the Inauguration so You Don’t Have To

Chicago Judge Orders Release of Cop Charged in Off-Duty Killing of Unarmed Man

Obama Commutes 330 Prison Sentences Like a Boss

I Went to the Black Trump Inauguration Party so You Didn’t Have To

Report: Drastic Cuts to Government Jobs, Spending on the Horizon

Damon At The Schomburg In Harlem, VSB In NYC, And "WingChick"

Accused Orlando, Fla., Cop Killer Markeith Loyd Claims Innocence, Curses at Judge

Environmental Racism Is a Special and Urgent Concern

John Lewis vs. Everybody: A Tale of the Tape

Russell Westbrook Takes Them All On

8 Thoughts After Finishing Bobby Brown’s Good But Messy-Ass Memoir

Black History Matters: Why President Obama Should Pardon Marcus Garvey

Australian Open Announcer Compares Venus Williams to Gorilla

Ga. Woman Says She Shot 15-Year-Old Black Boy in Self-Defense After He Threw Rocks

Spike Lee Says He Won’t Use Chrisette Michele’s Music in Netflix Series

Betsy DeVos, Trump’s Education Pick, Shouldn’t Be Anywhere Near Our Children

Someone, Please Go Get Uncle Jerry; He Out There in a Chicken-Wing Helmet

Kanye West Is Still a ‘N--ga in a Coupe’ and Not ‘Traditionally American’

Someone Drove Around in a Truck With a Sign Honoring MLK’s Assassin

Michelle Obama Shares Her Last Walk Through the White House

The South Got Something to Say: Professor Discusses Her Revolutionary Class on Outkast

An Elegy for Obama

Chrisette Michele Pens Crappy Letter to Justify Inauguration Performance

Dad of Alfred Olango Files Lawsuit Against El Cajon, Calif., Cops in Son’s Death

WATCH: Obama's Final Press Conference

Will We Be Getting Reparations From Sallie Mae-Navient?

Flint, Mich.’s Water Crisis Continues; Latest Events Prove It’s Far From Over

Widow of Gunman in Pulse Nightclub Shooting Pleads Not Guilty to Federal Charges

Chicago Cop Charged With 1st-Degree Murder in Off-Duty Shooting of Unarmed Man