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The (Not So) New World Order
Yinka Shonibare MBE’s career retrospective at the Smithsonian just goes to show how strange things get when the empire strikes black.
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Maybe Your Great-Grandmother Really Was Cherokee
A new exhibit at the National Museum of the American Indian traces black-Native American relations from the 1500s to the present.
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Is the USDA Still the Last Plantation?
During the Bush administration, 13,999 racial discrimination cases were swept under the rug at the Agriculture Department. What will Secretary Tom Vilsack do about it?
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Rakim's Back
Def Jam is 25. "Rapper’s Delight" is 30. And Rakim is 41. But with his latest album, The Seventh Seal, hip-hop heads can remember the best of the golden age.
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Fashion Week a la Michelle
Taking a cue from the Obamas, New York Fashion week has turned the volume down on excess this year with guest lists halved, champagne corked and more than a few major designers skipping the trip altogether. But even if our First Muse has other pressing (presidential?) things to do this week, Michelle Obama's presence is being felt in NYC.
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Post It! A New Civil Rights Stamp Collection
Collectors of black memorabilia will want to rush to their local post office this weekend. The U.S. Postal Service is releasing a series of stamps featuring 12 civil rights pioneers. Take a look as The Root's editor-in-chief Henry Louis Gates Jr. profiles this selection of black trailblazers. Click on each name for a more detailed biography.
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A Ghanaian Take on Africhic
Gold Coast designers change up the traditional forms of style. Designs by Kwesi Nti and Oheneba Accessories.
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The NAACP at 100 -- A Photo Retrospective
As the NAACP celebrates its centennial year, The Root takes a look at the people, places and events that defined the long struggle for racial equality in America.
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Covering a Century of Crisis
One hundred years ago, W.E.B. Du Bois created a journal that became the voice of the struggle for racial justice.
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Black Love Gift Guide
In the spirit of the first couple’s enduring love, enjoy our Valentine’s Day Black Love Gift Guide by Meera Bowman-Johnson. Here’s to keeping that fire burning forever.
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The AIDS Epidemic, by the Numbers
The Black AIDS Institute's report is an exhaustive look at the epidemic in black neighborhoods. It explores how public health agencies have responded to it and lays out what the Obama administration has pledged to do in its first year.
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Black and Right
Michael Steele is now the man in charge of the RNC, but he's not the only brother in the mix. The Root takes a look at some of the familiar faces of the Republican Party and at a few you might want to forget.
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The Root Day of Service
This year's Martin Luther King Holiday on Jan. 19, 2009 has special resonance. Hours before Barack Obama became president, The Root teamed up with Washington Parks & People to sponsor a clean-up of Northeast Washington's Marvin Gaye Park. Check out photos of this project that is part of the urban green movement which seeks to create jobs, reduce crime, educate young people and promote public health through natural spaces.
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The Inaugural Obama Cutout Gallery
When Obama didn't make it to The Root Inaugural Ball, guests at the Smithsonian's Museum of American History made do.
