Kendrick Lamar Called Drake a ‘Colonizer’ and Forced Black America to Face a Hard Truth
The beef forced Black America to look deeply in 2025 and ask hard questions about who gets to represent our culture on a global stage.
Professor: Why Have Black Women Stayed Silent About Diddy, Other Men For So Long?
The Diddy docuseries does more than expose Sean Combs’s misdeeds. It shows how Black women sometimes hurt themselves in their attempt to protect Black men.
What Blueface’s Tweet About Having Sex With His Mother Actually Says About Black Mothers…
OPINION: Blueface’s tweet about his mother sleeping with him is inelegant, but that doesn’t mean he’s wrong.
The New Owner Of The Root Asked A Question We All Must Answer: ‘What Is Your Assignment?’ Don’t Have An Answer? Here’s Some Help.
We all have an assignment. But finding it will not be the same for everyone.
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Fani Willis’ Testimony Proves That Black Women Don’t Go Down Without A Fight
Willis put everyone in place when she testified Thursday.
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Fani Willis and Nathan Wade Violated a Black-American Rule
What a sad, mess: Black People everywhere shook their heads as they watched the two Black attorneys take us back years.
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The Real Reason Y’all Hate Alicia Keys Has Nothing to Do With Her Singing
The Grammy-winning songstress went viral before, during and after her Super Bowl LVIII performance.
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Why SZA’s Grammys Snub Shows Once Again How Outstanding Black Girls Lose To White Mediocrity
A Black woman hasn’t received the most prestigious Grammy accolade in 25 years.
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Hey NYT, Taylor Swift’s Boo Travis Kelce Did NOT ‘Revolutionize’ the Fade Haircut
Reports about the “Travis Kelce Cut” are the latest in a long line of “Columbusing” things Black people did long ago.
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Democrats’ Historic SC Primary is A Promise Kept to Black Voters
EXCLUSIVE: DNC Chair Jaime Harrison writes ‘Today, Black voters in South Carolina will make history by making their voices heard first.’
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Nothing on Earth is More Tired Than a Benzino-Eminem Rap Beef in 2024
These two rappers are well past their prime. Their ancient beef is neither cute nor interesting.