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Inside the Explosive Delineation Debate Picking Apart Black Folk's Identity, History, and Who 'Belongs' 

Inside the Explosive Delineation Debate Picking Apart Black Folk’s Identity, History, and Who ‘Belongs’ 

From ancestry and reparations to defining identity, the delineation movement is sparking conversations, and controversy, across Black America.
<i>The Root's</i> Ultimate Guide to Holiday Dos and Don'ts!

The Root’s Ultimate Guide to Holiday Dos and Don’ts!

Don’t make a holiday party mistake you’ll live to regret. Check out our list of
Fred Hampton, left, head of the Illinois Black Panthers, and Dr. Benjamin Spock, right, attend a rally against the trial of eight people accused of conspiracy to start a riot at the Democratic National Convention. The rally was held outside the Federal Building in Chicago on Oct. 29, 1969. Photo: Getty Images Don Casper/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service

Forget What JD Vance Said — Here are 13 Times White Folks Never Apologized For Bad Behavior

Despite JD Vance’s claim that white folks no longer “have to apologize for being white
NFL Might Tax Steelers’ DK Metcalf's This Eye-Watering Sum For His Sideline Move

NFL Might Tax Steelers’ DK Metcalf’s This Eye-Watering Sum For His Sideline Move

Pittsburgh Steelers player DK Metcalf is looking at getting seriously taxed in the pocketbook for
  • Is Flirting a Form of Cheating?

    I am an incurable flirt. It is a big part of my personality, and it is something that often happens without me being conscious of it. For the most part it is harmless. I’m not going to lie—I have used flirting to my advantage to get my way in public with both men and women.…

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    New York Times Gets 1,400 Ideas for ‘Overlooked’ Obits

    Newspaper Admits Shortchanging Women of Color Chilling Consequences for Covering Women’s Rights 4 Sessions to Train Newsroom Leaders of Color Boston Globe Finds Latinos Feel Invisible in Mass. Lester Holt Didn’t ‘Want to Be Defined by My Color’ Smith Joins Hill in Leaving ‘SportsCenter’ Experts Advise on Covering White Nationalists Revived ‘Indian Country’ to Hire;…

  • Incidents in the Life of a Serial Nonmonogamist 

    I wasn’t planning on meeting anyone, and I wasn’t planning on liking him. It was late last summer in New York City. I had come for a work event, and ended up with some extra time on my hands in the city. I should have been on a plane on my way back home to…

  • Watch: Issa Rae Is Still Rooting for Everybody Black (and Female)

    Issa Rae spoke at the LinkedIn panel discussion held at the Art of Elysium Center on Wednesday in Los Angeles. The Insecure star and creator discussed the importance of creating opportunities for people of color, as well as the importance of women demanding their worth in the workplace. Watch the full video above.

  • Watch: How Oprah and Ava DuVernay Escape the Darkness

    One of the major themes of A Wrinkle in Time is the darkness and how it can consume you if you let it. But all it takes is just a little bit of light and some belief in yourself to make it out of the dark. Full Disclosure: Disney spent all the coins to invite…

  • Watch: The Undercover White Supremacist

    Dayanna Volitich is a 25-year-old Florida public schoolteacher with a white nationalist podcast. Volitich’s racist cover was blown thanks to our friends at HuffPost. Sorry, not sorry. On her podcast, Unapologetic, Volitich pushes a racist agenda under the name “Tiana Dalichov.” But her antics didn’t stop with the podcast. Volitich also published her garbage opinions…

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    ‘Trenchant Views’ From Media Women of Color

    Report Cites Micro-Aggressions, Low Numbers Public Favors Greater Diversity Among Journalists Short Take “Fifty years after the Kerner Commission criticized the news media for not sufficiently covering race issues, a new special report shows that women of color continue to be underrepresented in U.S. newsrooms and face multiple challenges in achieving equality in hiring and…

  • Lily Pads: Why Making Someone a Jump-Off Will Never Fill the Emotional Void of a Breakup

    I hooked up with him shortly after my relationship with my high school sweetheart ended. I knew going into it that it wouldn’t be permanent. I just wanted someone to give me the kind of constant adoration and physical intimacy that I had been receiving for the previous three years. I remember him the way…

  • Watch: Sterling K. Brown on the Success of Black Panther and His Next Career Moves

    Who could forget this guy’s performance in Black Panther? Sterling K. Brown is killing everything he touches. He now intends to move forward into writing and directing his own projects as well. “The opportunity to produce, to direct—there’s something very exciting about that potentiality,” Brown says. “It scares the bejesus out of me because I’ve…

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    50 Years After Kerner Report Criticizing Representation of Black People in Media, Some Say It Wasn’t Taken Seriously

    Media Were ‘Shockingly Backward’ on Blacks Tweets Show Media Are Considered Clueless . . . Income Inequality, Wealth Gap Have Widened Tapper Blasts Politicians Who Meet With Farrakhan Unity Votes to Dissolve Indian Country Today Revived; Trahant to Edit Amy Holmes to Co-Host Conservative PBS Show Brazile Calls Russian Hacking ‘National Emergency’ RTDNA Asks Journalists…