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Lit for Little People: Bedtime Stories for the 21st Century
Been a while since you've read to the kiddies? From Shades of Black to cows on strike, Meera Bowman-Johnson flags the stories that'll give your children the sweetest dreams.
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The Death of Newsroom Swagger
Journalism is changing. The Washington Post newsroom brawl shows just how badly some reporters are taking it.
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Don't Believe the GOP Hype
It's not time to worry yet, Dems. If Tuesday's elections tell us anything, it is that things can change drastically in the course of a year.
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What BET Can Teach Us About Politics
Virginia businesswoman Sheila Johnson made a winning bet by supporting a Republican. Are you taking notes?
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Spike Lee Speaks About 'Do the Right Thing' 20 Years later
VIDEO: Spike Lee, in a conversation with Henry Louis Gates Jr., The Root's Editor-in-Chief, calls out the critics who predicted violence at the release of his groundbreaking 1989 film and clarifies what the "right thing" really was.
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BOOKMARK: Walter Mosley
In our ongoing video series Bookmark, The Root talks to authors to find out the personal stories behind their talked-about books. Here, Walter Mosley talks about life after Easy Rawlins, the critically acclaimed hero of his noirish crime series. The novelist talks about the shift from looking at the black-and-white 1950s-era Los Angeles to the murkier present state of American race relations.
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Tavis Smiley: Holding Barack Obama 'Accountable'
In our ongoing video series Bookmark, The Root talks to authors to find out the personal stories behind their talked-about books. Here, Tavis Smiley reveals the nail-biting process of preparing completely different versions of his new book, Accountable: Making America As Good As Its Promise. And of course, he promises to hold President Obama's feet to the fire and make sure other Americans do, too.
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Actin' Up
A Rogue's Gallery: The Root looks back at a year's worth of scandal and skullduggery. The President's had one heck of a year, no thanks to these folks.
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44 Moments Celebrating the 44th President
Where were you on Nov. 4, 2008? Relive the best moments of Election Day 2008.
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The Root Rewrites the Western Canon
Forget about Paradise Lost and The Canterbury Tales. Here's a list of books that students should be reading in school.
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The Confab -- Oct. 30, 2009
This week on The Confab: Why Cathy Hughes' Reality Radio is anything but. Plus, the secret science to the MacArthur fellows: How do white judges decide on black genius? Join The Root's Associate Editor Natalie Hopkinson as she talks with Ethelbert Miller Director of Howard University's African American Resource Center and media critic Amy Alexander.
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The Confab -- Oct. 23, 2009
This week on The Confab -- The magic and myths surrounding HBCUs. Do black students really play lacrosse? Should the non-black Miss Hampton be dethroned? And why "you will always be historically black." Join The Root's Associate Editor Natalie Hopkinson as she talks with Copy Editor Erin Evans and The Root interns Eboni Farmer and Jada F. Smith.
* Podcast production by Abdullah Rufus.
* Podcast theme music by Timothy Morrison.
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The Confab -- Oct. 19, 2009
This Week on The Confab: Is Olympia Snowe the last decent Republican? Are sports fans cheering on conservative football and liberal basketball? And why Katherine Jackson should pull the plug on the Jackson kids' reality show. Join The Root's Washington reporter Dayo Olopade as she talks with assistant editor Saaret E. Yoseph, copy editor Erin Evans and contributor to The Root Donnell Alexander.
* Podcast production by Abdullah Rufus.
* Podcast theme music by Timothy Morrison.
