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Some of America’s best and whitest activists were flabbergasted when they heard the news about the Caucasian Capitol…

In a story reported by The Root staff writer Ishena Robinson, Gayle King interviewed the exhausting Miya Ponsetto, a…

What happens to a student loan deferred?

Does it dry up
like Donald Trump’s skin?
Or draw interest—
Do payments ever end?

America is America-ing again.

For years, the investigative team at The Root has feverishly sought an answer to the age-old question: “Do white…

If you’re reading this, they don’t want to count your vote.

So you’ve experienced injustice and you want to change the system, bring awareness or just express your frustration…

Now that you have read parts one and two of our tutorials on how to play black America’s favorite pastime, it is…

Welcome back to The Root University’s tutorial on how to play spades.

If there is one recreational activity that defines black America’s unique ethnological experience that we commonly…