4-Year-Old Becomes 5th Family Member to Fall Victim to Gun Violence After Accidentally Shooting Himself
Na’vaun Jackson is a miracle.
Oakland, Stand Up! The Black Power Movement Continues With a Panel Discussion and New Exhibits at OMCA
Anyone familiar with the Black Panther Party knows its genesis was Oakland, Calif.—and the area continues to be a locus…
Where Is America's Blackest City?
How do you define the blackness of a city? For Black History Month, we challenged writers to explain why they think…
Does President Obama Know How Twerking Works?
While at the “MBK! Rising” conference in Oakland, Calif., last week, a student asked Barack Obama how to change the…
Oakland Makes Everything Black, Blacker
There’s a spirit here that takes anything and makes it blacker than it was before. Shit, after you read this, you’re…
10 Thoughts About Soulja Boy's Awesome and Entertaining Appearance on The Breakfast Club
If you live under a (non-cocaine) rock, there’s a better than 100 percent chance that you were confused as to why…
Marshawn Lynch Tried to Light A Blunt Off Al Davis’ Eternal Flame And Proves He’s The Hero We Need
There is a rumor that once while getting ready for an unusually brisk day in Oakland, Calif., a young Marshawn Lynch…
Ryan Coogler Isn’t Time Magazine’s 2018 Person of the Year, But He’s Ours
As we shuffle into 2018’s conclusion, Time Magazine has named their Person of the Year.
Oscar Grant Was Killed by a BART Officer 10 Years Ago. Now His Family Fights to Rename the Station He Died In
Almost 10 years ago, Oscar Grant, a 22-year-old black man, was fatally shot by a Bay Area Rapid Transit officer in…
Banging From the Inside: Activist Cat Brooks Runs to Become Oakland’s First Black Woman Mayor
Oakland, Calif., has long been a bastion of historical and cultural reverie in blackness. The “Detroit of the West”…
Man Accused in Nia Wilson's Killing Gets Upgraded Charge, Could Face Death Penalty
The 27-year-old white man who is accused of stabbing and killing 18-year-old Nia Wilson at a BART train stop in…
Stabbing at BART Station Leaves 1 Black Woman Dead, Another Injured; Police Identify Suspect
Police are searching for a suspect in the brutal slaying of a black teen Sunday at the MacArthur BART station in…
Dystopian by Design: Costume Designer Deirdra Govan Isn’t Sorry to Bother You
Just watching the trailer for Boots Riley’s Sorry to Bother You is like taking a mini psychedelic trip. The…
Black Firefighter Conducting City-Mandated Inspections in Oakland Hills, Calif., Questioned by Residents, Reported to Police
An Oakland, Calif., firefighter doing his duty to serve his community, conducting city-mandated inspections around…
Worst White Man in America Tosses Homeless Black Man’s Belongings Into a Lake
I thought it would take at least a month to find a white man worse than Aaron Schlossberg, the New York City lawyer…
The Pop Up: Sol Development’s ‘Helicopter’ Is a Haunting Tale of Police Brutality in America
The Root is celebrating Black Music Month with stories that dig into the soul of black artistry and with The Pop Up,…
When Barbecuing and Living While Black Becomes a Crime
“Pay it forward” is something you hear a lot in the restaurants and shops of Oakland, Calif. If you see a stranger in…
Oakland, Calif., Holds Massive #BBQingWhileBlack Festival at Lake Merritt
Hundreds of Oakland, Calif., residents were at Oakland’s Lake Merritt Park over the weekend to prove that one Barbecue…
I Went to UC Berkeley and Apparently Saw More Black People Than Anybody Ever Has There
I recently got back from attending a race and policy symposium sponsored by the Students of Color in Public Policy from…