Barack and Michelle's presidential marriage: The New York Times takes a look at how the president and first lady juggle romance and politics.

Forget the pilgrims. What's my Southern family going to say when I skip the Turkey this Thanksgiving?

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.

Forty years ago, Haywood became the first player to leave college early and go to the pros—proving that young players got game, too.

The murder of 5-year-old Shaniya Davis highlights a disturbing and growing trend in the U.S.: the trafficking of young girls into sexual slavery.

A new exhibit at the National Museum of the American Indian traces black-Native American relations from the 1500s to the present.

Yinka Shonibare MBE’s career retrospective at the Smithsonian just goes to show how strange things get when the empire strikes black.

Want a deep-fried turkey for the holidays? Be afraid. Be very afraid. Grease + propane + bird on a wire = disaster waiting to happen.

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.

Nope, I didn’t see the movie, and I’m not going to read the book. I’m tired of being played by over-hyped productions.