(The Root) — In the first episode of The Root Live, recorded on Dec. 10, 2012, host Harriette Cole interviewed Tracey Webb — founder of the blog Black Gives Back — and Morgan Stanley’s Michael Braithwaite, who hosts the radio show Money Talks, about the ins and outs of charitable giving. The weekly livestream series,…

(The Root) — On Thursday, Nov. 15, The Root celebrated the journalists, politicians, scholars, civil rights advocates and others who make up our 2012 list of stellar black influencers at our annual The Root 100 Gala. In lower Manhattan at the Tribeca Rooftop, notable guests stepped onto our trademark green carpet to share their thoughts…

(The Root) — As the afternoon dissolved into evening on Election Day, voters streamed through the doors of Caledonia Elementary School in Cleveland Heights, a suburb of Cleveland. Many willingly took a copy of the Democratic slate into the polls, and many marked the top of the ticket for Barack Obama. They were the beginning…

(The Root) — On this Election Day, The Root caught up with voters in the “black mecca” — Harlem, USA. It’s a New York City neighborhood often remembered for its enthusiastic celebration of President Obama’s historic 2008 win and a community that hasn’t leaned Republican since 1984. And from what we could tell on Tuesday,…

(The Root) — Neither gloom nor cold nor waits around 90 minutes deterred prospective voters at the Cuyahoga County Board of Election in Cleveland on Sunday, Nov. 4 (dubbed “Souls to the Polls” Day as many congregations headed to vote after church), when more than 2,500 people cast ballots in Ohio’s Democratic stronghold.  The wait…

(The Root) — Wu-Tang Clan’s leader and primary beat-maker, RZA, is no stranger to kung fu flicks and ancient Eastern mythology. An admitted obsessive about the film genre, he incorporated samples of music and dialogue from Hong Kong movies into the group’s sound. He mined his interests further when he scored Jim Jarmusch’s Ghost Dog:…