Even us anti-capitalists recognize that economic freedom is power in the good ole US of A. And as it relates to…

We know, we know, we throw the word “Becky” around a lot in these parts. But sometimes, there really is no other…

Many people dream of their lives being made into movies. Maybe Halle Berry or Denzel Washington will play you in…

Updated Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2017, 2:52 p.m. EDT: Becca Brennan, the owner of Summerhill, plastered over the holes…

Not trying to be flip, but what can you say when lynching paraphernalia is being spread around the United States…

The time is 1980. The place is the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn in New York City. The man is 18-year-old Colin…

Black and Proud is a video series on The Root that focuses on the pride that our favorite black celebrities, …

On Monday a press release for a new “boozy sandwich shop” in Brooklyn, N.Y., went out, complete with a photo of a…

Ernest McCain, an 83-year-old veteran from Brooklyn, N.Y., was attacked and robbed by another man in his 60s outside…

Early Wednesday morning, Shantay Howington, 15, and her 2-month-old son, Demontae, vanished from a Brooklyn, N.Y.,…