How Black Americans Are Raising a Generation of Kids Who Don’t Understand Blackness
Why Black Internet Has Had Enough of B. Simone’s Antics
Gorgeous Blue Ivy Still Has Her Father’s Face, So Why Are Fans Pretending She’s Beyonce’s Twin?
Cardi B, Offset and the Real Reasons Celebrities Recycle Each Others’ Partners
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Michael Harriot Ruins Everything
It's been a wild ride. Stephen A. Crockett Jr. is leaving The Root—and Michael Harriot even wrote a better goodbye letter.
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Should Kamala Harris feel ‘Underused’ as Vice President? No.
Vice President Kamala Harris says she knows the assignment and that she and President Biden are ‘getting things done.’
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8 Kinds of Karens
Despite the trend to label every entitled white woman as a Karen, research indicates these privileged princesses fall into a much wider range of categories.
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We Need to Talk About the Values of the White Community
It's time to have a conversation about the culture that increasingly rejects the value of education, civility and law and order
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An Open Letter From the Woke Mob to Aaron Rodgers
Aaron Rodgers is just the latest celebrity to accuse an invisible group of 'canceling' him—and now it's time to respond.
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Black Ad Agencies Matter
So does Hyundai’s recent campaign targeting Black women
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The Root’s Clapback Mailbag: Was It Something I Said?
Each Friday, we clap back at readers' emails, DMs, tweets and messages. We do it because we care.
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18 Months After George Floyd’s Murder, Minneapolis to Vote on an Expanded Public Safety System
#YesOn2 provides a public health approach to public safety.
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In Defense of Cancel Culture…and Dave Chappelle
Dave Chappelle's defiant defense of his Netflix special shows why cancel culture is actually a good thing.