Apparently, some rascally racist with a lot of time and rope on their hands has been hanging random nooses around an…
Spring is in full swing and a mask-free life is on the horizon—are you feeling that new energy yet? Here at The Root…
Hella fine husband and wife duo Ciara and Russell Wilson (Umm, hello! Do you see that header pic? My God) are…
When I’m not busy getting internet randos in their feelings, I’m generally reading a large amount of comic books. Bit…
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A lot has happened in Hollywood in the past few days, folks! The folks behind the Golden Globes, the Hollywood…
Jasmine Mans may be best known for her viral poem, Footnotes for Kanye, but her latest volume of poetry, Black Girl,…
Shame is a universal condition—no one is immune. In fact, it might be argued that shame is also one of the strongest…
In a country where Black lives are consistently under threat, it is in some ways understandable that many of us are…
How’s your money these days? It’s a loaded question ask, but given the impact of the ongoing global pandemic upon…
A 43-year-old Black man is suing the Detroit Police Department after he was wrongfully arrested and identified as a…
I’m not sure how I feel about the idea that Black people can’t be racist in general, but there is one hill I have no…
On-screen, on the air, and now, on the page, Zerlina Maxwell is a force. Having held positions on both Barack Obama…
The 32nd Annual GLAAD Media Awards showed up and showed out on Thursday night. The host of the evening was none…
I love the internet. Along with allowing me to order shit off of Amazon and it be at my doorstep before I hit “Place…
I’m against cancel culture.
Real talk? The Root’s Editor-in-Chief Danielle Belton and I consider ourselves to be pretty smart people—but…
Barry Jenkins’ newly anticipated (and deftly marketed) Amazon Prime Video limited series The Underground Railroad…
When’s the last time you had a good kiki? With our social lives deeply lacking during quarantine, many of us have…
Now, this is a story all about how one life got flipped, turned upside down...life after The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air,…
We know little to nothing about Them, but we don’t trust ‘em.