In Cuties (Mignonnes), the lead character Amy (Fathia Youssouf) is on a journey to find herself while navigating…

A 15-year-old Black girl who was being detained in a juvenile facility in Detroit for failing to complete online…

The world of online marketing turns on keywords and with Search Engine Optimization of vital concern to business…

As activists have sustained calls for a radical transformation of our nation’s criminal justice system over the last…

Thandie Newton has a history of being quite outspoken about issues that matter to her. But in her most recent…

Written and directed by Tayarisha Poe, Selah and the Spades has been on my anticipated list for a while. In fact,…

Former NFL lineman Devon Still has a lot to be thankful for.

Even in one of The Root’s Blackest Cities in America—black girls can’t wear natural hair for a black-themed musical…

We are all magicians.

I don’t know about you, but when I was a kid, my biggest initiatives were keeping my room clean and babysitting my…

For black girls and young women of color, it can seem like the deck is perennially stacked against them. A recent…

The last time we checked, people all over the world wear their hair in myriad styles—straight, curly, short, long,…

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The Anchorage School District in Alaska is appealing a recent decision to disqualify a champion 17-year-old swimmer…

Oh, dads.

Marsai Martin must be protected at all costs. The youngest executive producer in Hollywood and Black-ish star is not…

The terms “hip-hop” and “feminism” might seem like oil and water. After all, the culture of misogyny and straight…

Disney’s Aladdin remake flew away with $113 million on its magic carpet this Memorial Day weekend, according to the …

In 2017, the Georgetown Law Center on Poverty and Inequality’s Initiative on Gender Justice and Opportunity…

On Friday, the Black Women’s Roundtable (BWR) released the findings of its sixth annual report (PDF), assessing the…