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There’s probably never been an episode more true to its title than Unsung for Xscape. Despite three platinum albums fueled by countless chart-toppers, the Atlanta girl group never garnered the mainstream success it should have, and this Unsung episode explores the many reasons why. While it’s quite doubtful that those 30 and under even know…

You love the islands, but do you know their national flags? Take our quiz and try matching the right Caribbean countries with the right colorful flags.

Help me out, D. I was dating a woman long distance, and things started to head into relationship territory pretty fast (three months). I felt pressured and basically stopped hitting her up as much and being less responsive to slow things down. She reacted terribly and cut me off for being inconsistent. I was relieved…

These days, comedian Hannibal Buress is probably most well-known to non-comedy fans for reminding everyone last year during a comedy routine that went viral about the allegations that Bill Cosby drugged women for sex. To date, more than 40 women have claimed that the onetime comedy icon sexually assaulted them, and this week, unsealed court documents…

Harriette Cole is the author of the book of meditations 108 Stitches: Words We Live By and a contributing editor at The Root. Follow her on Twitter. 

I miss Rachel Dolezal. I want her back. Not the actual her, since I don’t know her, but the story of her (and let me be clear that I don’t want the actual story of her because that story is the story of a dysfunctional family and possible sexual abuse, and I don’t want that…

Last month was a big month for the civil rights community as the Supreme Court finally recognized same-sex marriage, but this wasn’t the only win. The Supreme Court also preserved the legal doctrine of disparate impact in a fair-housing case (pdf). While it doesn’t have the same direct, emotional impact as the gay-marriage case, the court’s decision regarding…

Editor’s note: After this article was published, The Root received this statement from Bravo: “Bravo wants to clarify that the focus of this show is not the Jack and Jill organization.”  The television network that made a household name out of NeNe Leakes and turned “housewives” into a synonym for backstabbing and hair-pulling has now…

Haitian lives matter. They offer a wider global measuring stick and lens through which to view the global immigration and human rights crises of our time. The world’s immigration crisis finds European xenophobia increasing at the same time that anti-immigration sentiment flourishes in the U.S. and other parts of the world. Haitian immigrants and their…