Follow @TheRoot247   
Follow Me on Pinterest

Welcome to The Root!
 
| Help | Feedback
Home
  • Home
  • News
    • The Root DC
    • World
  • Politics
  • Culture
  • Blogs
  • Multimedia
    • Video
    • Podcast
    • Photo
  • Roots
  • Announcements
    • Weddings & Engagements
    • Anniversaries
    • Graduations
    • Births
    • Obituaries
  • Jobs
  • The Chatterati
Trending Topics: New Orleans ShootingMalcolm Shabazz Dies What Black People Are Saying on TwitterQuote of the Day100 Amazing Facts About the NegroAsk DemetriaTracing Your RootsBlack History FactsRace Etiquette AdviceBoehner's New Son-in-Law

views

  • [title-raw]

    A Birmingham Prom 50 Years in the Making

    by Denise Stewart

    Class of '63 finally gets a ball that was denied to those who participated in the Children's March.

    • Read
    • Comments ()
  • [title-raw]

    Intimate Look at the Williams Sisters

    by Hillary Crosley

    Director explains how Venus and Serena doc explores the way their enigmatic dad shaped their lives.

    • Read
    • Comments ()
  • [title-raw]

    Help! My Black Nephew Thinks He's Yellow

    by Jenée Desmond-Harris

    Our Race Manners columnist answered your burning questions in a Reddit Ask Me Anything. Check out her answers!

    • Read
    • Comments ()
  • [title-raw]

    19 Things Every HBCU Grad Knows

    by Akoto Ofori-Atta

    Because you learn quickly that it's nothing like A Different World. At all.

    • Read
    • Comments ()
  • Torture Prosecutions May Target Low-Level Offenders

    by The Buzz

    Because, obviously, the higher-ups didn't know nothin' about it...

    • Read
    • Comments ()
  • Mentally Ill Offenders Burden Juvenile System

    by The Buzz

    As cash-starved states slash mental health programs in communities and schools, they are increasingly relying on the juvenile corrections system to handle a generation of young offenders with psychiatric disorders...

    • Read
    • Comments ()
  • Swine Flu Prepares to Make a Comeback

    by The Buzz

    And just when we were getting over being shook when somebody sneezed in a public place...

    • Read
    • Comments ()
  • Lucky Number 70: Tiger Wins at Bridgestone

    by The Buzz

    The victory marks the 70 time in his PGA career that Tiger Woods made other golfers feel inadequate...

    • Read
    • Comments ()
  • 40 Inmates Hospitalized in CA Prison Riot

    by The Buzz

    The trouble started after a heated discussion over Obamacare...

    • Read
    • Comments ()
  • A Saint Goes Marching In

    by The Buzz

    Derrick Tabb of New Orleans is giving kids a good old-fashioned tune up: With a tuba...

    • Read
    • Comments ()
  • VIDEO: GOP to Heather Blish: Stop Snitchin'

    by The Buzz

    A "mom from a few blocks away" ran a bit of roughshod over an Iowa town hall meeting and it seems she was not just a concerned citizen...

    • Read
    • Comments ()
  • Jobless Rate Falls from 9.5 to 9.4%

    by The Buzz

    Time to party! Not really, but let's take any improvement we can get...

    • Read
    • Comments ()
  • AUDIO: Preview - Whitney Houston "Million Dollar Bill"

    by The Buzz

    A snippet of a track off Whitney's forthcoming album...

    • Read
    • Comments ()
  • Sotomayor Confirmation Expected Today

    by The Buzz

    It's a truly sad state of (GOP) affairs when an underqualified woman of color uses all her empathetic ethnic guile to ascend to the highest bench in the land...

    • Read
    • Comments ()
  • « first
  • ‹ previous
  • …
  • 1129
  • 1130
  • 1131
  • 1132
  • 1133
  • 1134
  • 1135
  • 1136
  • 1137
  • …
  • next ›
  • last »
  • Most Popular
  • Most Shared

The World's Most and Least Racist Countries

19 Things Every HBCU Grad Knows

A Birmingham Prom 50 Years in the Making

A Gospel Singer Slims Down and Comes Out

19 Things Every HBCU Grad Knows

A Birmingham Prom 50 Years in the Making

How Foreclosure Undermined Black and Brown Wealth

The World's Most and Least Racist Countries

Must-See Media

more
Celeb Moms Turned Health AdvocatesMore >>
The Blackest White Folks We KnowMore >>
Stop Telling Women to Smile: The ConfabMore >>
The Root Salutes Our MomsMore >>
The Age of Awkward RacismMore >>
Previous Tab
Next Tab
No 1No 2No 3No 4No 5No 6

Blogs

more

Tracy Clayton
The Grapevine
Twitter Listens to Kanye

The rapper debuted his new single by projecting the song's video on buildings in New York.

() Comments
Corey Dade
Blogging the Beltway
The IRS Scandal: A Reality Check

As the ousted chief becomes the face of the flap, keep these facts in mind.

() Comments
Richard Prince
Journal-isms
IRS Scandal: Not So Black and White?

Some wonder where the outrage was when the NAACP was audited.

() Comments
The Root
presents
sponsored by
Toyota
THE CHATTERATI
  • Hashtags
  • Stories
  • Retweets
  • Tweets
  • Favorites

Top Hashtags

  • 01
  • 02
  • 03
More what’s hot on Twitter

Top Stories

tweets
More what’s hot on Twitter

Top Retweets

retweets
More what’s hot on Twitter

Top Celebs

tweets
More what’s hot on Twitter

Our Favorites

More what’s hot on Twitter
The Chatterati Newsletter Sign Up

Get The Root Everywhere

Sign up to get The Root's daily newsletter:
 
Twitter
Facebook
Feed
Mobile
Podcast

The Root DC

  • Why I chose to attend a historically black college- as a white person
  • Historically black colleges are seeing an increase in white students
  • Doing away with food deserts in the District
  • State of Equality and Justice in America: The Presumption of Guilt
  • Food trucks test their pull in the District
more

News One

  • Glenn Beck: Tea Party Would Have Been Lynched For Marching With MLK
  • Obama’s Morehouse Visit Shines Spotlight On HBCUs
  • CBO: Obama Budget Cuts Deficits $1.1T By 2023
  • Kiera Wilmot: NASA Engineer Awards Fla. Teen Scholarship To Space Academy
  • Mourners Gather In Oakland To Remember Malcolm Shabazz
more

BET

  • Commentary: "Geography of Hate" Map Is Sort of Interesting
  • Obama Changes the Subject
  • Commentary: Commemorating Brown v. Board of Education
  • Michelle Obama at Bowie State: Be Examples of Excellence
  • Juicy J: "I Have Nothing Bad to Say About Three 6 Mafia"
more
 
 
Home
Home | Politics | Culture | World | Features | Blogs | Video | Photos | Podcasts | Jobs | Business Pages
Help | Press Page | Contact Us | About Us | Advertising | Sitemap | Ad Choices | User Agreement | Privacy Policy
The Root is published by The Slate Group, a Division of the Washington Post Company.
All contents © 2011 The Slate Group, LLC. All rights reserved. User Agreement and Privacy