NewsNewsApplebee’s Employee Believes She Was Fired for Kicking Racists Out of RestaurantYou know, I’m not gonna lie. The fact that this story went down in an Applebee’s in New Jersey just makes all the…ByJoe JuradoPublishedJanuary 24, 2020
CultureSportsCultureSportsBlack Athlete at West Virginia High School Finds Picture of Himself in a Noose Before GameI’m often skeptical when I hear people say shit like, “We just need to let the old people die out, then racism will…ByJoe JuradoPublishedJanuary 23, 2020
NewsRace MattersNewsRace MattersMegyn Kelly Wants Equality When It Comes to BlackfaceMegyn Kelly is the human embodiment of not having a fucking clue. ByMonique JudgePublishedJanuary 23, 2020
Beauty + StyleBeauty + StyleCome Again? Commes des Garçons Ignites Cultural Appropriation Controversy With Cornrow WigsHot damn heaux, here we go again!ByKaru F. DanielsPublishedJanuary 18, 2020
NewsNewsA Pilot and a Racist Trump Supporter All Wrapped in One: #MAGA Pilot Arrested for Racist Airport GraffitiI mean...not that we needed yet another story tying Trump support to good-old-fashioned American racism, but we got…ByZack LinlyPublishedJanuary 18, 2020
Beauty + StyleBlack HairBeauty + StyleBlack HairTSA Agent in Minnesota Yanks a Native Woman’s Braids, Says, ‘Giddyup’I think it’s safe to say that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) holds the title for the most outwardly…ByJoe JuradoPublishedJanuary 17, 2020
NewsRace MattersNewsRace Matters‘We Are Not Welcome’: In What Should Come as a Surprise to No One, Virginia School Board Refuses to Ban Confederate Flag From Its Dress CodeVirginia’s longstanding love affair with the Confederate flag knows no bounds. And in what should come as a surprise…ByJay ConnorPublishedJanuary 17, 2020
NewsNewsTexas Man Sends Racist Threat to High School Students, Gets IndictedI have to be honest, y’all. As soon as I saw the mugshot for Kenneth Petersen (above) I just knew, in my heart of…ByJoe JuradoPublishedJanuary 16, 2020
NewsRace MattersNewsRace MattersDC Fire Department Launches Investigation After Picture Surfaces of Recruits Flashing Possible White Power SignsI’ve never been a gang member or a white supremacist before, but apparently hand gestures come along with the…ByJay ConnorPublishedJanuary 16, 2020
NewsNewsVirginia Man Charged in 'Swatting' Case Found to Have Neo-Nazi Ties“Swatting,” if you’re unaware, is a prank where some calls in a fake emergency in a targeted effort to generate a…ByJoe JuradoPublishedJanuary 14, 2020
NewsNewsNew York Teacher Compares Black Students to Monkeys in PhotoIt seems as though a week can’t go by without a racist incident occurring in an American classroom.ByJoe JuradoPublishedJanuary 9, 2020
NewsRace MattersNewsRace MattersHow to Be a Better White Person in 2020Occasionally The Root will interrupt our coverage of black news, opinions, politics, and culture to openly address…ByMichael HarriotPublishedJanuary 9, 2020
NewsRace MattersNewsRace MattersMayor Pete’s Invisible Black PoliceGiven the choice of superpowers, would you rather have the ability to fly or the power of invisibility?ByMichael HarriotPublishedJanuary 8, 2020
EntertainmentEntertainmentBAFTAs: No Nominations for You Cynthia Erivo (or Any Non-White Actors), but Can You Sing at Our Ceremony?The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) has quite the audacity and the unmitigated gall. Following a…ByTonja Renée StidhumPublishedJanuary 8, 2020
CultureSportsCultureSportsStephen A. Smith on the NFL’s Aversion to Hiring Black Coaches: ‘This Is Some BS. Black Men Are Not Being Treated Fairly’Throughout the course of its lengthy history, the NFL has gone to great lengths to remind black folks of our place…ByJay ConnorPublishedJanuary 7, 2020
NewsLaw EnforcementNewsLaw EnforcementLAPD Accused of Falsifying Records, Wrongfully Identifying Residents as Gang Members: ‘An Officer’s Integrity Must Be Absolute’Black people have enough problems without police unnecessarily complicating our lives, and it makes it extra…ByJay ConnorPublishedJanuary 7, 2020
PoliticsPoliticsBooker Learns to Dance, Biden Affirms His Stance and Klobuchar Is Saying There’s a Chance: 2020 Presidential Black Power Rankings, Week 23It’s the beginning of the end, everybody, so get your popcorn ready. While this is the first Black Power Ranking of…ByJason JohnsonPublishedJanuary 3, 2020
NewsLaw EnforcementNewsLaw EnforcementRacist Cop Who Kicked in Black Woman’s Door ResignsI can hear the bass strumming along with the words: Another one bites the dust. Another one bites the dust. Michael…ByChanté GriffinPublishedJanuary 3, 2020
EntertainmentSocial MediaEntertainmentSocial MediaLeVar Burton Does More Than Read; His New Video Series Captures Racism in Daily LifeOn the first day of this new year, LeVar “Kunta Kinte” Burton told all of Twitter that he wouldn’t tolerate any…ByChanté GriffinPublishedJanuary 2, 2020
NewsRace MattersNewsRace MattersResidence Inn Accused of Enforcing 'No Party Policy' Against Black Guests in $300,000 LawsuitIf you’re black and looking for a hotel in Portland, Ore., you might want to stay away from the Residence Inn by…ByJay ConnorPublishedJanuary 2, 2020