• December 10, 2011

    In an entry at The Root DC, blogger Natalie Hopkinson writes that she banned two black radio stations from her home because she grew tired of explaining raunchy lyrics to her children.

  • March 4, 2011

    It's ridiculous to assume that blacks have a unified opinion on anything -- especially Charlie Sheen.

  • January 7, 2011

    This week on the Confab: Join The Root's associate editor Lauren Williams as she talks to contributing editor Natalie Hopkinson and frequent contributor Jenée Desmond Harris about the first week of Oprah's OWN network, the franchising of America's schools and deciding to become a single mom.

  • April 30, 2010

    This week on The Confab: Dorothy Height's funeral and the end of an era. The racial shorthand of "victim studies" in the reparations debate, Clybourne Park and the complexities of gentrification, and Guru, Mos Def and reconciling the black middle class in the hip-hop community. Join The Root's managing editor as he talks with media and culture writer Natalie Hopkinson and regular contributor to The Root Stanley Crouch.

     

    * Podcast production by Abdullah Rufus.

    * Podcast theme music by Timothy Morrison.

     

     

     

  • April 15, 2010

    The biggest thank you goes out to all the readers who offered news, advice, and fact-checking (my first job in Washington) this past year. The site doesn’t work without you. I won’t be a stranger, so see you soon.

  • December 29, 2008

    As we approach our first anniversary, The Root family looks back. Natalie Hopkinson, Associate Editor of The Root, reveals her favorite essays of 2008.

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