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January 31, 2011
A senior at Yale, Kayla Vinson has made it her mission to close the achievement gap between white and black male students.
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January 27, 2011
Black Americans have played a vital role in building this nation. Eager to live and prosper as free people, we have established our own towns since Colonial times. Many of these communities were destroyed by racial violence or injustice, while some just died out. The Root looks at the history of these lost towns.
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June 15, 2010
Slavery hasn’t taken the World Cup from me; indeed, I still get to revel in the bulk of the happiness the tournament provides. But what I don’t get to do is celebrate it the way many of my friends celebrate it.
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by Natalie Hopkinson onJune 15, 2010
As we head into another long, hot summer, the media -- and black folks -- need to retire this loaded term.
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by Natalie Hopkinson onJune 15, 2010
As we head into another long, hot summer, the media -- and black folks -- need to retire this loaded term.
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March 1, 2010
A mother gathers the experts to school her biracial son on his heritage
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February 28, 2010
The men's mag waves goodbye to Black History Month with a roundup of the most stylish black men of the past.
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February 26, 2010
This week on The Confab: An ironic look at black history -- the good, the bad and the ugly. Blacks abroad, the NAACP's hollywood moment and the Tavis Smiley/Reverend Al scuffle. Plus, damage control at Toyota. Join The Root's managing editor as he talks with deputy editor Sheryl Huggins Salomon and The Root's media and culture critic Natalie Hopkinson.
* Podcast production by Abdullah Rufus.
* Podcast theme music by Timothy Morrison.
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February 25, 2010
At the 41st Annual NAACP Image Awards, those who uplift the race in film, TV, music and books, get their due. Natalie Hopkinson, The Root’s media and culture critic, tells you which 2010 nominees have no business even being in the running.
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by Lola Adesioye onFebruary 24, 2010
The conservative mayor of London cuts funding for a rare acknowledgment of the role that blacks have played in the United Kingdom’s history since the 17th century. What Black Britons should do about it.
