(The Root) — Thank Zeus there are Negroes out there who can break down how the Negro mind works for white people so that they can understand why we be so mad. Mychal Massie, a conservative writer and ...

When CNN’s John King used the term “dark-skinned” to describe the individual that he thought was an alleged suspect in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings, he was widely criticized for not being ...

(The Root) — There’s lots of buzz and fear out there about black people rioting in the streets if a verdict other than “guilty” is handed down in the George Zimmerman case. As the trial winds down, ...

The Root’s contributing editor David Swerdlick writes at the New York Daily News that, in his DNC speech, Bill Clinton both sold the Affordable Care Act and “made a case for himself as the political ...

President Barack Obama declared Monday night that the United States intervened in Libya to prevent a slaughter of civilians that would “been a betrayal of who we are.” Without ever calling it a “war,” ...

Lolita Shanté Gooden, aka Roxanne Shanté, is a hip-hip icon, a living legend, if you will. Netflix has released Roxanne Roxanne, a biopic that chronicles Shanté’s humble beginnings in Queens, N.Y., in ...

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Accidents happen. Mistakes happen. Life happens. But there’s a difference between handling things that’s out of one’s control and totally dropping the ball — but that’s exactly what organizers of this ...

In the 1990s, our R&B teenage darlings were Brandy, Monica and Aaliyah. There’s something to say about these ladies (yes, even Aaliyah’s legacy) surviving the test of time and still being cherished ...

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