2020

The perfect ending to a dumpster fire of a year: Righteousness has prevailed as Georgia, Arizona, Pennsylvania,…

No matter how next Tuesday turns out, the days and weeks following Election Day are going to be wild. Citing fears…

Hopefully, the third time is the charm for a measure to remove racist language from Alabama’s state constitution.

As I’m sure you’re aware, there’s fuckery afoot this election season. In California, concerns surrounding…

Following the shitshow masquerading as the first presidential debate Tuesday night, the Commission on Presidential…

If the Rockettes dressed in poop emoji costumes kicked oversized, stuffed poop emojis into a crowd of NASCAR fans…

Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, aka Louis DaFuckboi, claimed that there is nothing to worry about during the Senate…

Well, folks, I’m back with another edition of this. If you missed my first article in this *now series* (because…

The top of 2020 was shaping up to be a banner year for Simone Biles. Widely looked at as the best women’s gymnast of…

It’s awards season and that means your blood pressure and sugar levels are likely to go up and down if you spend any…

Green Book wasn’t just the story of a white savior who centered himself in the story of a queer black genius in the…

On Monday, in a move that we all saw coming, Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.)—he of the wide smile and charismatic optimism…

Occasionally The Root will interrupt our coverage of black news, opinions, politics, and culture to openly address…

If the whiteballing of former quarterback Colin Kaepernick isn’t enough to boycott the NFL, how about Beyoncé’s…

We made it, y’all! It is the year 2020 (twenty twen twennnnn!) and though we still don’t have flying cars like The…

Former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro didn’t mince words when asked about his feelings on the…

“Seriously, you might as well bathe yourself in barbecue sauce for all the smoke you’re gonna take this week” —My…

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Tonight’s debate will potentially be a make-or-break moment for former Vice President Joe Biden, depending on how…

Gregory Cheadle, the black Republican Donald Trump once referred to as “my African American,” has finally had enough…