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After Snagging Big Wins at the ESPY Awards, Naomi Osaka Is Honored With Her Own Barbie
The doll in Osaka’s likeness is now a permanent part of Barbie’s ‘Role Model’ series.
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Athleticism Met Altruism at the 2021 ESPY Awards
Humanitarianism and historic moments were prevalent in this year’s celebration.
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Wat U Iz: Pyer Moss Made Haute Couture History With an Emphasis on Black Innovation
Kerby Jean-Raymond staged ‘Pyer Moss Couture 1’ at Madam C.J. Walker’s Villa Lewaro, opening with words from former Black Panther Party leader Elaine Brown.
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Do Black Lives Really Matter at Lululemon?
Corporate employees of the activewear giant describe a ‘privileged white wellness’ culture rife with microaggressions, insensitivity and ‘performance activism’.
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Yes, Beyoncé Rocked a Telfar Bag. Yes, You'll Still Be Able to Get One
After Queen Bey was spotted carrying the ‘Bushwick Birkin,’ fans speculated the already coveted bag would become impossible to get. Not so, says its designer.
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A Year After Her Death, Naya Rivera's Family Reflects on the Tragedy and Her Legacy
The actress and singer drowned on July 8, 2020, leaving behind a young son. ‘I honestly don’t think she even knew the impact that she had,’ says her sister.
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'Don't Black People Have Second Amendment Rights?': The Root Presents: It’s Lit! and Carol Anderson Take Aim at the Fatal Inequality of The Second
The bestselling author of ‘White Rage’ turns her historian’s lens onto the anti-Blackness baked into the American right to keep and bear arms.
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Is Ramona Singer the Meghan McCain of the Real Housewives Franchise?
After previously referring to castmate Eboni K. Williams as ‘strong Black bitch’, Singer told RHONY’s first Black housewife ‘I don’t think you suffer.’
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Call Him by His Name, Because the Lil Nas X Agenda Is Clearly Here to Stay
‘You know what? This is mine. This is for me, and I commit myself to it,’ the controversial young star says in a New York Times magazine profile.
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The Big Lie at the Big Box Store: Sears, Kmart Sold Shirts Proclaiming Insurrectionist Ashli Babbitt an 'American Patriot'
The big box retailers pulled the products from their online marketplaces after being called out on Twitter six months to the day of the Capitol riots.
