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The committee loves Valentine’s Day—not just because it’s an excuse to eat lots of candy and make reservations at…

It’s that time of year again when we get a little sad. Football is over (I was right; the team with the black…

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Green Book wasn’t just the story of a white savior who centered himself in the story of a queer black genius in the…

Once upon a time, there was a really popular TV show on HBO called Game of Thrones. We’ve written about it a few…

“You know my mother thinks she knows you. Like she talks about you like y’all are friends.” A friend of mine told me…

It’s the beginning of the end, everybody, so get your popcorn ready. While this is the first Black Power Ranking of…

The best things about Christmas (also Kwanzaa and Hanukkah) heading into New Year’s week are the gifts and the…

In a galaxy far, far away, on a planet teeming with life but suffering from global warming, dirty oceans and way too…

When the movie ended and the credits rolled, the whole theater was just a smorgasbord of emotions. People were…

I’m here with you, but I’m not here FOR you…

“Kamala Harris is dropping out but Pete Buttigieg is still in?”

“Seriously, you might as well bathe yourself in barbecue sauce for all the smoke you’re gonna take this week” —My…

For weeks now, former Housing and Urban Development secretary, presidential candidate and one true heir to the Obama…

When am I going to get my invitation?

The committee absolutely loves Halloween—and by the committee, I mean me (Dr. Johnson, politics editor of The Root),…

This week in the Power Rankings are just messy. We’re talking Real Housewives of Atlanta-TMZ-Get her, Jade-level of…

During a week where there is a Democratic debate the Power Rankings usually focus on who performed best, and how…

Earlier this week, Marcus Ferrell (former African-American outreach director for Bernie Sanders for America 2016,…

This is by far one of the strangest weeks in the history of The Root Presidential Black Power Rankings. We had a…