If you’re shopping for a man this holiday season, chances are, you have no idea what he really wants. Whether it’s…

Tina Turner is an international treasure. In her 81 years, her incomparable talent and incredible tenacity have…

It’s been a busy year for the Wilsons—as if having their third child amid a pandemic and after what Ciara has since…

Editor’s note: The following article contains a reference to suicide.

Somewhere out there in social media today, there is a hearty debate going on over whether Rihanna’s current beau is…

So...did you get some R&R over the holiday weekend? If you’re like most of us here at The Root, you may need more…

Right about now, you’re hopefully on your third (or fourth) round of leftovers, giving new meaning to the term…

Remember zines? Okay, maybe we’re dating ourselves, but younger versions of The Root’s Editor-in-Chief Danielle…

There have been few bright spots to celebrate in 2020—and even those have often been bittersweet. Take, for…

Okay, okay, okay...we know this is a loaded topic this year, trust. Too many of us will not be partaking in the home…

When it comes to living American presidents, it’s indisputable (and infuriating, if you’re Donald Trump), that…

In the crush of a year that began with “Megxit” (which now feels a million years ago) and has since devastated us in…

To say we’re ready to be done with 2020 would be an understatement—this year has been a ride on this crazy,…

We aren’t your moms—but we love up on you like you’re our own. We’re always here with an ear and ready to come…

From the outside, singer-entrepreneur Ciara’s latest pregnancy looked aspirational: She teetered through a…

Macy’s just gave us a little more to be thankful for this year than its famed Thanksgiving Parade; the…

“I’m just happy to be off the couch with some real fashion,” Taraji P. Henson crowed in the opening monologue of the…

OK, kids—we’re now officially five weeks out from Christmas—and only a week from Black Friday (or, as we’ll be…

Jason Reynolds famously didn’t read a novel cover-to-cover until he was nearly 18. At 36, he is one of the…

The year 2020 has been tragic for myriad reasons—and a terrifying one for the transgender and non-gender-conforming…