The Inventory

Black News, Opinions, Politics and Culture.

The society column for people afraid of society, written by The Root's Editor-in-Chief and resident Bipolar Disorder expert/sufferer.

6/11/19

1:00 PM

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The Perils of Being ‘Office Oprah’

Danielle C. Belton

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5/12/19

9:00 AM

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I Won an Award, but Who's the Real MVP?

Danielle C. Belton

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11/16/18

1:14 PM

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Antisocial11/16/18

How I Finally Learned to (Sort of) Stop Hitting Myself

Danielle C. Belton

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11/2/18

8:50 AM

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The Ms. Foundation for Women Goes for a Welcome Laugh in Aggressively Unfunny Times

Danielle C. Belton

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9/1/18

9:25 AM

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From Get-Out-the-Vote to Respectability Politics, Aretha Franklin's Homegoing Was a Dramatic, Political Affair

Danielle C. Belton

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6/27/18

11:30 AM

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Antisocial6/27/18

A List of Every Stress-Related Illness I’ve Ever Had, Ranked From Horrible to ‘I Think I’m Dying’

Danielle C. Belton

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6/24/18

4:50 PM

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The Root Is at the 2018 BET Awards and All You're Getting Is This Liveblog

and Danielle C. Belton

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6/24/18

11:29 AM

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Marvel’s Luke Cage Premiere Party Was Cool and I Was Cool, Too, for Once

Danielle C. Belton

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6/23/18

11:39 AM

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Our Hotel Is for the Birds (Literally). Cuh-CAAAAW!

Danielle C. Belton

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6/23/18

9:39 AM

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The Root Is in Los Angeles for the BET Awards and Has No Idea What to Wear

Danielle C. Belton

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6/19/18

12:51 PM

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Artist Nick Cave Teaches Me How to ‘Let Go’ at The Let Go

Danielle C. Belton

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6/1/18

10:54 AM

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I Lost 10 Pounds and It All Went to My Head at Harlem Stage’s #Disrupters Gala

Danielle C. Belton

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5/31/18

2:30 PM

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Kendrick Lamar Gets His Pulitzer, but It’s Pulitzer Administrator Dana Canedy Who Is a Prize

Danielle C. Belton

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5/22/18

3:35 PM

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Queen Sugar and Ava DuVernay Had the Sweetest Garden Party in NYC

Danielle C. Belton

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4/26/18

9:53 AM

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Once Upon Once on This Island With Tamyra Gray

Danielle C. Belton

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4/14/18

2:25 PM

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How Physics Works and Other Things I Learned at All Star Code’s 5th-Anniversary Celebration

Danielle C. Belton

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3/20/18

12:48 PM

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Never Bring Cicely Tyson Water in a Bottle, and Other Lessons From AT&T’s Humanity of Connection Event

Danielle C. Belton

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3/6/18

3:05 PM

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Harlem Haberdashery’s 5th Annual Masquerade Ball Was ‘a Mood’

Danielle C. Belton

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12/6/17

9:30 AM

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Once on This Island’s Opening Night Gives Me Jitters While I Consider Reginald F. Lewis’ Billion-Dollar Deal

Danielle C. Belton

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10/30/17

3:45 PM

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Antisocial10/30/17

Antisocial10/30/17

SportsBalls and Benefit Galas: I Went to All These Things and Managed Not to Almost Kill Myself (Yet)

Danielle C. Belton

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