EntertainmentIt's LitEntertainmentIt's Lit'Don't Black People Have Second Amendment Rights?': The Root Presents: It’s Lit! and Carol Anderson Take Aim at the Fatal Inequality of The SecondThe bestselling author of 'White Rage' turns her historian's lens onto the anti-Blackness baked into the American…ByMaiysha KaiPublishedJuly 8, 2021
EntertainmentTelevisionEntertainmentTelevisionJada Pinkett Smith Recalls Her Drug Addiction Battles, Including Passing Out on The Nutty Professor SetOn the latest episode of 'Red Table Talk,' Jada, Willow and Gammy all discuss how they've dealt with various drugs,…ByTonja Renée StidhumPublishedJuly 8, 2021
Criminal JusticeLaw EnforcementPolice BrutalityCriminal JusticeLaw EnforcementPolice BrutalityLAPD Officer Cleared of Wrongdoing in Sharing 'You Take My Breath Away' George Floyd MemeA Board of Rights panel says the officer only shared the meme to report officers who were circulating it.ByZack LinlyPublishedJuly 7, 2021
NewsLaw EnforcementNewsLaw EnforcementInnocent Black Man Killed in Crash While Minneapolis Police Chased Suspect Identified as Uncle of Darnella FrazierThe teen who filmed the death of George Floyd is now grieving the death of a family member killed during a…ByZack LinlyPublishedJuly 7, 2021
NewsCriminal JusticeCrimeNewsCriminal JusticeCrime15 Cars in Denver Neighborhood Vandalized With Swastikas and Racial SlursIn other news, do any Black people actually live in Denver? I'm going to need a head count.ByJoe JuradoPublishedJuly 1, 2021
CultureCultureThe Future 25: A New Name for the Next Generation of Changemakers Who Are Doing Big ThingsThe Root's Young Futurists will now be known as The Future 25.ByGenetta M. AdamsPublishedJune 30, 2021
NewsRace MattersNewsRace MattersMural of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and David McAtee Vandalized in LouisvilleThe mural appears to have been vandalized by a white nationalist group.ByJoe JuradoPublishedJune 29, 2021
NewsRace MattersNewsRace MattersUnited Nations Human Rights Chief Releases Report Calling for Reparations as a Way to Address Anti-Black RacismThe report was commissioned last year after the murder of George Floyd.ByJoe JuradoPublishedJune 28, 2021
Criminal JusticeCrimeCriminal JusticeCrimeJudge Sentences Derek Chauvin to 22.5 Years in Prison, Denies Request for New TrialChauvin is still awaiting a federal civil rights trial.ByJoe JuradoPublishedJune 25, 2021
NewsRace MattersNewsRace MattersVandalism of George Floyd Statue in Brooklyn Being Investigated as Hate CrimeThe statue was unveiled in Brooklyn on Juneteenth.ByJoe JuradoPublishedJune 25, 2021
NewsLaw EnforcementNewsLaw EnforcementFeds Launch Investigation Into Potential Pattern of Racist Abuses by Louisiana State PoliceThe investigation comes shortly after body camera footage of Ronald Greene's death leaked last month.ByJoe JuradoPublishedJune 24, 2021
EntertainmentMusicEntertainmentMusicThe Song That Never Ends: New Report Shows Music Industry Barely Passes Diversity Test, Changes Are 'Surface'The Black Music Action Coalition (BMAC) released its first annual Music Industry Action Report Card for diversity…ByTonja Renée StidhumPublishedJune 21, 2021
EntertainmentEntertainmentDave Chappelle Covers 'Creep' With the Foo Fighters During Surprise Appearance, Debuts New Documentary at Tribeca FestivalThe comedian led the concert crowd of fully vaccinated fans as they sang the Radiohead classic.ByShanelle GenaiPublishedJune 21, 2021
CultureCultureVideo Shows Montreal Police Officers Kneeling on the Neck and Back of a Black TeenagerActivists, politicians and others say that the police's actions were reminiscent of George Floyd's murder. An…ByJ.L. CookPublishedJune 20, 2021
CultureJuneteenthCultureJuneteenthSouth Dakota Is the Last State That Doesn't Have a Law Officially Recognizing Juneteenth as a HolidayLawmakers are confident that this will soon change now that Juneteenth is a federal holiday.ByJ.L. CookPublishedJune 19, 2021
NewsRace MattersNewsRace MattersNewark, NJ, Honors George Floyd With 700-Pound Bronze StatueIn unveiling the statue, Newark Mayor Ras J. Baraka said Floyd 'represents a lot more than himself at this juncture…ByZack LinlyPublishedJune 18, 2021
CultureJuneteenthCultureJuneteenth'Juneteenth is Soooo Lame': Candace Owens Continues to be the Candace Owensiest of All the Candace Owenses in the Sunken PlaceI'm bored, so let's talk about Candace Owens' pandering-ass Juneteenth tweet.ByZack LinlyPublishedJune 18, 2021
EntertainmentTelevisionEntertainmentTelevisionWith Fight the Power, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Chronicles America's History of Social Justice'Fight the Power: The Movements That Changed America' proves that civil disobedience is as American as apple pie.ByJay ConnorPublishedJune 17, 2021
PoliticsPoliticsThis Is Rich: Senate Passes Bill Making Juneteenth Federal Holiday While Republicans Are Working to Keep Slavery From Being Taught in ClassroomsOn Tuesday, the Senate passed a resolution to make June 19 a paid holiday commemorating the end of slavery.ByStephen A. Crockett Jr.PublishedJune 16, 2021
Criminal JusticeLaw EnforcementPolice BrutalityCriminal JusticeLaw EnforcementPolice BrutalityDerek Chauvin Attorney Seeks to 'Impeach the Verdict' in Ex-Cop's Murder Conviction, Citing Jury BiasEric Nelson is asking for a hearing to impeach the verdict that sent Derek Chauvin to prison for murdering George…ByZack LinlyPublishedJune 11, 2021