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  • Justin Fairfax Gets Wash. Post Endorsement for Va. Attorney General

    Justin Fairfax, a former federal prosecutor who’s seeking the Democratic nomination for Virginia attorney general, has earned the endorsement of the Washington Post in his race against Mark R. Herring. The 34-year-old Fairfax, a Washington, D.C., native and graduate of Duke University and Columbia Law School, is one to watch. Here’s why the Post is…

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  • South African Whites Question Their Future

    In South Africa, apartheid has been over for two decades. So it’s really no surprise that being white in the country feels different now from the way it did under the forced system of harsh, institutionalized racial segregation that curtailed the rights of black residents in favor or the ruling Afrikaaner population. As the BBC‘s…

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  • Drake and Miguel Lose the Internet

    Tracy Clayton is a writer, humorist and blogger from Louisville, Ky.

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  • Va. Lt. Gov Candidate's Questionable Views

    Minister and lawyer E.W. Jackson won the GOP nomination for Virginia lieutenant governor on Saturday. The development has inspired some to take a new look at his strong — and, some would say, outrageous — views on everything from President Obama’s “Muslim sensibilities” to a KKK-and-Planned Parenthood comparison. New York Magazine’s Adam Martin rounded up…

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  • Yahoo Buys Tumblr

    (The Root) — After weeks of speculation, it has been announced that Yahoo will purchase Tumblr, a very popular blogging-site platform used to share various types of media. Yahoo’s big to purchase Tumblr for $1.1 billion has reportedly been approved by both Yahoo’s and Tumblr’s boards of directors. If the move seems desperate, it’s because…

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  • Did Michelle Obama Send Jay-Z a Message?

    (The Root) — Celebrity commencement addresses usually follow a pretty predictable formula: a few jokes and a few words of wisdom, delivered by someone successful, rich or famous (often all of the above) in hopes of inspiring a new class of graduates to become equally successful (or rich, or famous) someday. Rarely do such speeches…

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  • IRS Apology for Tea Party Racists?

    (The Root) — The confederacy of dunces that makes up the Republican Party leadership and Fox News want you to believe that liberal operatives at the IRS abused power — for political purposes — by scrutinizing conservative Tea Party affiliates applying for tax-exempt 501(c)(4) status. What has been missed in the mainstream debate on the…

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  • Zoe Saldana: 'People of Color' Don't Exist

    In a piece at Clutch magazine, Evette Dionne takes Zoe Saldana to task for saying, “There’s no such thing as people of color,” and suggests that she enroll in a Critical Race Theory class. Actress Zoe Saldana has been inserting the proverbial foot in her mouth in recent weeks. The “Colombiana” starlet has been media…

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  • Quote of the Day: Oprah Winfrey

    Check out our coverage of Oprah Winfrey here. Henry Louis Gates Jr. is the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and the director of the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African-American Research at Harvard University. He is also the editor-in-chief of The Root. Follow him on Twitter and Facebook. 

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  • Black Pastors to Star in Reality TV Show

    Black America Web‘s Michael H. Cottman asks in an insightful piece about an impending Oxygen Network reality show about black pastors: Should they sanctify the foolishness of reality TV? Would you really want your pastor – and your congregation – to star in a reality television show? I’m not knocking the six black pastors who…

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