'Pariah' Filmmaker Scores Acclaim

December 27, 2011

Writer-director Dee Rees tells The Root how her own coming-out story inspired the film.

Obama and Me: Integration Babies

Like the president, who turns 50 on Aug. 4, I belong to a generation that expected a racial utopia.

The Gay Harlem Renaissance

Quiet as it's kept, a number of the brightest lights of the Harlem Renaissance fell along the LGBT rainbow spectrum.

An End to the AIDS Epidemic?

In a time of tight resources, who should get a breakthrough HIV medicine? The sick -- or those who want to avoid being sick?

Not Your Typical Guide to Black New York

The Black Bucket List heads to New York, where we discover there's so much more to black history than the Harlem Renaissance -- like Do or Die Bed-Stuy circa 1838.

Forget Tiger Moms; All Hail the Lioness Mom

Despite the brouhaha over Tiger Mothers, Asians aren't the only strict parents who raise straight-A students.

A Breakthrough in AIDS Prevention?

Could a pill a day prevent HIV infection? A new study suggests that taking daily HIV meds could reduce the risk of contracting HIV among gay and bisexual men.

The Guatemala Syphilis Experiment's Tuskegee Roots

Recent revelations that the U.S. government knowingly infected Central Americans with syphilis in the 1940s have eerie echoes to the infamous 40-year experiment with 400 infected black men in Macon County, Ala. As it turns out, this is no coincidence.

Sheila Johnson Has a New Vision

In a candid conversation, the BET co-founder talks about The Other City -- her eye-opening film about the HIV/AIDS crisis in Washington, D.C. -- and the BET years.  

Gel Might Help Arm Women Against HIV and Herpes

Special from blackaids.org: An interview with the researchers behind a stunning new development in STD prevention. Plus, how it could change the game for African-American women.