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Brandon Adams was going to be a star.

Despite what you may believe, trust me, you have never truly seen a black person let go.

California authorities have revealed that a man found dead in a West Hollywood apartment died of an “accidental”…

Demonstrators in North Carolina are protesting a pizza chain whose management called for police protection when the…

*Spoiler Alert: This article may contain details and plot points about the film Us. If you haven’t seen the movie…

Dear America,

In 2010, questions began to surface regarding the work of Deborah Jean Madden, a lab technician in the San Francisco…

A Las Vegas police officer will face felony police misconduct charges after authorities discovered she was running…

Now that Democrats are fully aware that its general election success hinges on the black vote, the race for the…

Sarah Wilson’s parents say police killed her. Police claim Wilson somehow produced a gun out of nowhere, put it to…

The Supreme Court agreed that at least one of the jurors who convicted a Georgia man of murder was a virulent…

For all their faults, there is one thing both ultra-conservatives and super-progressive black radicals can both…

President Donald Trump has issued the first veto of his presidency on Friday, striking down a bipartisan resolution…

Each Friday, for more than two years, The Root has responded to emails and comments from our readers (and some…

Offering a peek into an entirely different justice system and police procedures that black people had no idea…

After viewing police body camera footage, family members of a rapper who was shot and killed in a California Taco…

While the conversations surrounding the newly uncovered college cheating scandal have focused on the advantages of…

In 2015, Eugene Lee spent three months in jail for a botched armed robbery.

One of my earliest memories in life was the night Ronald Reagan was elected president because it was also the night…

After a woman was injured after crossing a barrier to take a selfie with a jaguar at an Arizona zoo, The Root…