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  • Watch It Live: New Protests, New Leadership

    Join The Root as we live-stream WGBH TV’s Basic Black program, which will focus on the past year of protests at home and abroad. Viewers can watch live online and chat with us as experts discuss how recent protests focus less on leaders and more on the masses. Panelists will discuss the new role of…

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  • Gingrich's Fantasy NAACP Speech

    Update: CBS News reports that NAACP President Benjamin Jealous responded to Newt Gingrich’s comments by saying, “It is a shame that the former speaker feels that these types of inaccurate, divisive statements are in any way helpful to our country. The majority of people using food stamps are not African American, and most people using…

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  • Rep's Email Calls Michelle O. 'Mrs. YoMama'

    The latest addition to the ever-expanding “Tacky and racially inspired insults from Michelle Obama haters who should know better” file: The Kansas City Star reports that the state’s House speaker, Mike O’Neal, has (sort of) apologized for an email poking fun at a photo of first lady Michelle Obama’s windblown hair, comparing her to the…

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  • Ryan Seacrest: Beyoncé's About to Give Birth

    What a great way for Mr. and Mrs. Carter to ring in the New Year! While introducing a performance by Beyoncé for Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve 2012 on ABC, co-host Ryan Seacrest announced that Beyoncé would not be performing live, with a great excuse: “Obviously, Beyoncé couldn’t be here tonight because she’s about…

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  • The Best of the Holidays: Your Photos

    Larry Bellinger posted this photo of his kids with Santa, circa 1992. “The ‘kids’ are now 25 and 26!” Reader Pamela Joseph writes, “This photo was taken for our family Christmas card a few years ago. It captures our kids as they look every Christmas Eve in their PJs waiting on Santa.” Rhonda and Thomas…

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  • What Our Readers Would Say to Dr. King

    For our “What Would You Say to Dr. King?” contest, we asked you what you would tell or ask the fallen civil rights leader if you could spend one evening with him. We received some amazing responses, and the answers below were the best of the bunch. Check out the winning responses below: From bpfleming:…

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  • James Earl Jones and His Racist Grandmother

    She had Cherokee, Choctaw Indian and African-American roots, but James Earl Jones says in an interview with BBC News that his grandmother was the “most racist person” he has ever known. “She trained us that way,” Jones said. “She would consider it defensive racism, but it’s still racism, it’s still the same poison.” The “poison”…

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  • What Would You Say to Dr. King?

    In The Mountaintop, a play that reimagines Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s last hours alive, King (Samuel L. Jackson) is forced to ask himself what kind of legacy he’ll leave behind after a stranger (Angela Bassett) visits his hotel room and delivers some surprising news. The Root wants to know, if you were with King…

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  • Do You Celebrate Kwanzaa?

    ‘Tis the season, and The Root wants to know your take on Kwanzaa, the winter holiday that celebrates black traditions and heritage. Take our short survey to let us know if you and your family celebrate the holiday, and test your knowledge with some trivia. Check back for survey results on Tuesday, Dec. 13, when…

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  • 'What Would You Say to Dr. King?' Contest Rules

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