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  • Woman Sentenced for Facebook Murder

    Twenty-year-old Kayla Henriques of Brooklyn, N.Y., was sentenced to 15 years in prison for stabbing her friend, 22-year-old Kamisha Richards, to death. The two had been arguing over $20 that Richards lent Henriques. The argument spilled over into text messages and onto Facebook, and in February 2011, things got physical. Henriques said in her confession…

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  • YouTube Star Blasted for Stealing Late Comic's Material

    (The Root) — Between his YouTube and Twitter pages (@hotdamnirock on each), Kain Carter has hundreds of thousands of fans and followers. Too bad the material used to win them all was stolen from the late comic Patrice O’Neal. People on Twitter caught wind of Carter’s fraud via this YouTube video making the rounds on…

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  • Criticism for Syrian President's Instagram Account

    Read more at NBC News. Tracy Clayton is a writer, humorist and blogger from Louisville, Ky.

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  • Trinidad James: Natural-Hair Idol

    Tracy Clayton is a writer, humorist and blogger from Louisville, Ky.

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  • Stephen A. Smith: The New Don Lemon

    (The Root) — Apparently, former sports journalist and current TV pundit Stephen A. Smith saw all the fun Don Lemon was having blaming black people for white people’s behavior and wanted a piece, too. This morning on ESPN’s Sports Center, Smith commented on the recent Riley Cooper controversy, essentially blaming black people for Cooper’s hurling…

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  • Why We Love 'Orange Is the New Black'

    (The Root) — Netflix’s original series Orange Is the New Black has taken the Internet by storm since its release July 11. Not everyone is on the bandwagon, but many are lauding the show, describing it with words like “addictive,” “fresh” and “ambitious.” We’re big fans of the show, too, and Orange Is the New…

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  • Riley Cooper's N-Word Controversy

    (The Root) — The n-word just can’t stay out of the news lately. Earlier last month, Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver Riley Cooper was caught fighting outside a Kenny Chesney concert. On Wednesday, video surfaced of Cooper inside the same event, huffing and puffing inside, threatening to “fight every n—ger” there. For many, this raised the…

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  • Louisiana Bans Use of Social Media While Driving

    Starting Thursday, living in Louisiana will mean no more making hilarious Vines of yourself singing “Back That Thang Up” as you drive to work. A new law bans the use of social media behind the wheel. Put directly, the law includes “any web-based service that allows individuals to construct a profile within a bounded system,…

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  • Twitter Promises to Crack Down on Threats

    (The Root) — When celebrities mess up, they often take to Twitter to send out their mass apologies. This time, it’s Twitter that’s doing the apologizing. The popular microblogging site is facing a wave of criticism from people who say that threats of rape and bodily harm against women transmitted through the site are not…

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  • Facebook Refuses to Hand Over Pirate Information

    When United Nations investigators approached Facebook for help tracking down suspected Somali pirates, Facebook basically gave them a metaphorical Kanye shrug. Though some groups and companies have obliged such requests in the past, Facebook apparently isn’t one of them, reports the U.N.’s Monitoring Group on Somalia and Eritrea. In an issued statement, Facebook said that…

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