Muhammad Ali, the silver-tongued boxer and civil rights champion who famously proclaimed himself “The Greatest” and then spent a lifetime living up to the billing, is dead....

Jasmine Richards was found guilty of attempting to unlawfully remove a suspect from police custody during a protest....

“Black Lives Matter, this is what we’ve been waiting for,” Davis said to Steinem....

A new government ban in Ghana shines a light on the seriously dangerous side effects....

Black Twitter came through with a treasure trove of essential writing on slavery....

Two people were injured in a shooting at UCLA on Wednesday morning, according to a university spokesperson....

“Always remember, a struggle is not easy – that is why it is called a ‘struggle’ rather than a ‘picnic.’”...

Police allege a resident shot the 23-year-old guard after he broke into his apartment....

Black women are the fastest-growing population across all branches of the armed forces, so why won’t politicians talk to them?...

In 2007, Kevin Morton Jr. was shot in the abdomen after a botched robbery attempt. Nine years later, he is set to begin his residency at Detroit’s St. John Hospital, where doctors helped save...

Gabby Douglas is aiming to be the rare woman gymnast to compete in multiple Olympics....

Dr. Rob Gore, a clinical assistant professor of emergency medicine at New York City’s SUNY Downstate-Kings County Hospital, spoke to The Root about the Kings Against Violence Initiative, a school-, community- and hospital-based program...

Publisher Conde Nast hires its second black EIC after more than a century in business....

Serah Luka, who was among the more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped two years ago in Chibok, Nigeria, by the terrorist group Boko Haram, has been rescued days after another of the schoolgirls was saved,...