These 7 Young Futurists Are Already Changing the World
At The Root, we love to celebrate young people who are excelling beyond belief. Year after year, our list of YoungâŚ
The Root 100 No. 1s: BeyoncĂŠ Will Forever Be Bey-ond. Sheâs So Fly, They Named a Fly After Her
What can be said about Queen Bey that hasnât already been said, done, sung, texted, tweeted, explicated, unpacked,âŚ
The Root 100 No. 1s: Shonda Rhimes Changes the Face of Television Forever
The pop-cultural impact of Shonda Rhimes cannot be overstated, although at this point, itâs hard to imagine TV withoutâŚ
The Root 100 No. 1s: Ta-Nehisi Coates Wanted to Be âthe Baddest Motherfucking Writer on the Planetâ
It is a rare piece of long-form journalism that breaks the internet. But thatâs exactly what happened when Ta-NehisiâŚ
The Root 100 No. 1s: Ben Jealous, a Supreme Builder of Bridges Over Left and Right
Benjamin Todd Jealous first made a national name for himself in 2008 when, at age 35, he became the youngest leader ofâŚ
The Root 100 No. 1s: Melissa Harris-Perry Lets the World Know She Is Not Your Mammy
The indomitable Melissa Harris-Perry, once the voice of the weekends through her two-hour show on MSNBCâat once ritualâŚ
