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  • Ted Cruz Wins Iowa; Hillary Clinton Claims Razor-Thin Victory

    Updated Tuesday, Feb. 2, 6:15 a.m. EST: Hillary Clinton’s campaign has released a statement declaring victory in the Iowa caucus. According to USA Today, her state campaign director, Matt Paul, issued a statement saying that, statistically, there’s no way for Sen. Bernie Sanders to overtake her. For his part, Sanders’ camp noted that there’s still one precinct left…

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  • The Root’s Young, Fabulous and Female Is Heading to L.A.

    Attention, all the young, black and fabulous women in the Los Angeles area: The Root is coming your way with an event you won’t want to miss. Young, Fabulous and Female: Los Angeles will be held Wednesday, Feb. 24, and feature a powerhouse panel that includes Mara Brock Akil, founder, creator and executive producer of…

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  • After #OscarsSoWhite Backlash, Academy Approves Radical Changes to Improve Diversity

    After facing harsh criticism—and an upcoming boycott of the Academy Awards by Spike Lee, Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith—for its all-white Oscar acting nominees for a second year in a row, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences plans to radically overhaul its voting and recruitment process in a bid to double by…

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  • A Call For African Americans to Join a Study on Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

    Scientists recognize that a person’s gender and ancestry play a large role in determining risk for certain diseases. For instance, Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), including both Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis, affects about 1.6 million Americans, and a recent study suggests 36% of those are African American – and the number of diagnosed African Americans…

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  • Watch: 2016 Iowa Brown & Black Democratic Presidential Forum

    Issues of importance to African Americans and Latinos were front and center at the 2016 Iowa Brown & Black Democratic Presidential Forum, which took place on the campus of Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, on Jan. 11 at 8 p.m. The event was broadcast by The Root’s sister network, Fusion TV, with questions from…

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  • A Story of Perseverance: Hadiyah-Nicole Green Shares Her Path to a Million-Dollar Research Grant  

    Hadiyah-Nicole Green likens her story to that of The Little Engine That Could. The 34-year-old assistant professor is the first in her family to go to college, let alone earn a doctorate. She’s also broken ground at her alma mater as the second African-American woman to receive a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Alabama at…

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  • Tuskegee University Scientist Wins $1,100,000 Cancer Research Grant

    Hadiyah-Nicole Green is in a league of her own. She was the second African-American woman to receive a doctorate in physics from the University of Alabama in Birmingham. And today she’s an assistant professor at Tuskegee University and stands as one of fewer than 100 black female physicists in the U.S.—in a field that is still dominated…

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  • ‘Merry Easter’: Steve Harvey Wins the Internet After Miss Universe Fail

    Comedians love to laugh, even if it means laughing at themselves. That is why funnyman Steve Harvey posted “Merry Easter y’all!” on his social media pages Christmas morning. The holiday jumble was a lighthearted attempt to make fun of his devastating blunder last week of crowning Miss Colombia as Miss Universe. Miss Philippines was the actual winner.…

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  • 2015’s Best of #BlackExcellence

    Black excellence goes far beyond a trending social media topic. It is a notion that is indicative of who we are, our fortitude and extraordinary accomplishments. We’ve compiled a list to honor #BlackExcellence in 2015—from Amandla Stenberg schooling the world on cultural appropriation to Todrick Hall, a viral, Internet celebrity-turned-reality-television star.   Join us in…

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  • Nominate a Young Person for The Root 2016 Young Futurists

    Who are the young black superstars in your community? The Root is preparing to shine a light on the African-American leaders and innovators of the future, and we need your help. We are now accepting nominations for The Root 2016 Young Futurists, to be revealed in February. To qualify for consideration, a young person needs to be between the…

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