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Politics, Politics

Trump Ditches Obama’s White House Portrait, Hangs His Own — You’ll Never Guess Which

The president just made an unprecedented decision that breaks with White House norms.

By

Angela Johnson

Published

April 14, 2025
Culture

Michelle Obama Finally Breaks Silence on Divorce Rumors, The ‘Queen of Pakistan’ Gets a Glow-Up, Church Takes Offerings Via Credit and Apple Pay, 15 Black Holidays You Might Not Know About and Other Cultural Stories From the Week

A collection of our best posts of the week in culture.

By

The Root Bot

Published

April 12, 2025
Politics

How Kamala Predicted What Trump Would Do, 15 Regretful MAGA Folks, Black America on the April 5 Protests, People and Entities Trump Plans to Crush With a Vengeance, 14 Examples of Resistance White Folks Can Learn From Black Folks and More Political News From the Week

A collection of our best posts of the week in politics.

By

The Root Bot

Published

April 11, 2025
Culture, Culture

Michelle Obama Finally Breaks Her Silence on Those Barack Divorce Rumors

Rumors of trouble in paradise swirled after our forever FLOTUS skipped out on Donald Trump's inauguration and Jimmy Carter's funeral.

By

Angela Johnson

Published

April 10, 2025
Opinion

Clown Keep Your Job! Stephen A. Smith Is No Barack Obama, But Here’s The Real Reason He Should Never Run For President

It isn’t just buffoonery for Stephen A. to spout off about running for president; it’s insulting.

By

Tatsha Robertson

Published

April 9, 2025
Politics

All the People and Organizations Trump is Planning to Crush in His Presidential Term of Vengeance

Trump’s second term is settling the score with enemies while dismantling legacies and re-writing history

By

Dustin J. Seibert

Published

April 7, 2025
Opinion

Black Leaders Are Finally Speaking Out Against Trump, But Here’s What Took So Damn Long

They may be late as can be, but better late than never, we guess.

By

Lawrence Ware

Published

April 7, 2025
Politics

Whew Child! Barack Obama Went There, Regarding President Trump

"Imagine if I had done any of this,'' Obama said, slamming Trump-era overreach and GOP silence.

By

Tatsha Robertson

Published

April 5, 2025
Entertainment, Entertainment

Michelle Obama Reveals Her Truth About Dating a Flat-Broke Barack Back in the Day

The former First Lady shared a surprising detail about the early days of their relationship on the latest episode of her podcast

By

Jared Alexander

Published

April 3, 2025
Culture, Culture

Why Black Folks Face Decades (Not Four More Years) of Racial Hatred, Sparked by Trump’s Recent Actions

Trump’s defeat of Obama’s secretary of state, Hillary Clinton, ushered in a new era. And if history is any guide, it won’t end in 2028.

By

Tatsha Robertson

Published

April 3, 2025