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Welcome to the Treme Blog
Welcome to The Root’s first television show blog, where we will be following David Simon’s new HBO show, Treme. Treme follows several musicians and residents of New Orleans who are trying to put together their lives after Hurricane Katrina. The show’s been highly anticipated, as Simon (creator of The Wire, The Corner and Homicide: Life…
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The Best and Worst Christmas Stories
Making the Best of the Worst By Keith Joseph Adkins My best Christmas was also my worst. In 2006 my friend Alex and his wife, Elke, invited me to London for the holiday. And to add thrill to the frill, I was going to jump on the train in London and meet four friends in…
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Oprah's Blackest Moments
I remember the early days, when Oprah was just starting out. At the time, this was a big, big deal. You just didn’t see a black woman hosting a daytime talk show. And there she was, big hair and big personality, storming the airwaves. My earliest memory of her was when she had a number…
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Welcome to Their Eyes Were Watching …
Welcome to Their Eyes Were Watching … (TEWW)—The Root’s new culture blog. TEWW is a conversation among women, a black version of The View, if you will, about TV, theatre, music, art and celebrity hysteria. We’ll touch on a bit of everything: from Zora to Zane, True Blood to Tiny & Toya, and Jay-Z to Jill…
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Michael Jackson Memories
Share your Michael Jackson memories and photos. E-mail [email protected] REMEMBER THE CROTCH GRAB? It was 1978, I was 10 years old and I wanted to marry Michael. I remember one time, my mother making my little sister and I leave the room when Michael was dancing. She thought his signature move (the crotch grab) and…
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An Economic Twist on Hair
WEDNESDAY, 12 P.M. — Have a pressing hair question? It’s time to get things straight. Share your hairstory with The Root and join the washingtonpost.com Live Online discussion: AN ECONOMIC TWIST ON HAIR with Yodith Dammlash and Delece Smith-Barrow. ***** The bank might be calling about the mortgage. The lights might get cut. The car may break down on…
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Ghosts of Thanksgiving Past
Natalie P. McNeal I own a car, pay my own bills and have a retirement account. However, most years, my family sits me at the kiddie table at Thanksgiving. You know the holiday kiddie table, that foldout table, stuffed in the corner of the dining room. My family is super small, and we procreate sporadically.…
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Four Takes on the Mom in Chief
For generations, The Mommy Wars have largely skipped black women. For most of us, staying at home to raise our children full-time was never a choice. Our families’ survival depended on our wages—often earned from nurturing and caring for white families. With the rise of a post-civil rights generation, a critical mass of high-powered black…
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Your Vote. Our History.
READ MORE VOTER STORIES Myles and Nina Bell West Chester, Ohio Miles: Barack Obama is a beast. I like what he stands for. He wants to help people. The gas prices are high; he’s trying to lower them. He’s going to make sure that more people get insurance and that everybody will be safe and…
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Dispatches
Richmond, Va.: Virginia simply wasn’t ready. Voting rights watchdogs have been warning since the primaries that the state was going to have problems if it didn’t boost the resources available—and distribute them properly. The polls hadn’t even opened when that warning came crashing into reality: at least two precincts couldn’t even get the voting started…
Black News and Black Views with a Whole Lotta Attitude
