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October 08, 2010

Brian Courtney Wilson

Love Songs for the Lovelorn

DJ Stylus compiles an anti-love playlist to get you through the V-Day blues. And DJ Anonymous spins a few songs for the ladies and gents who find themselves asking, "Please, Baby, Baby, Baby, Please?"

The Best and Worst Christmas Stories

Last year The Root's contributors shared their best and worst holiday experiences. In some cases, the best and worst are indistinguishable; in others, there is a clear difference. In all of them, there is something to learn, to laugh about or to shed a tear over.

Oprah's Blackest Moments

Oprah Winfrey recently announced plans for retirement in 2011. The talk show host may have a stronghold on white, suburban housewives, but The Root contributors remember moments when Oprah kept it real—black.  

Michael Jackson Memories

Remembering our favorite moments from the King of Pop.

An Economic Twist on Hair

Have a pressing hair question? It's time to get things straight. Share your hairstory with The Root and read the washingtonpost.com Live Online discussion: AN ECONOMIC TWIST ON HAIR with Yodith Dammlash and Delece Smith-Barrow.

So You Wanna Be a Veep?

Contributors to The Root play moderator at tonight's face-off between Gov. Sarah Palin and Sen. Joe Biden.

Swing State Dispatches

Notes from the battlegrounds.

Dispatches

How Virginia simply wasn't ready, plus the wisdom of Johnny the Janitor.

Welcome to the Treme Blog

April 11, 2010

Welcome to The Root's first television show blog, where we will be following David Simon's new HBO show, Treme.

Welcome to Their Eyes Were Watching ...

Their Eyes Were Watching ... (TEWW)—The Root’s new culture blog. From Zora to Zane, True Blood to Tiny and Toya, TEWW covers high art, low-brow culture and everything in between.