I know what you’re doing this week. The week between Christmas and New Year’s Eve is when you start digging online…
In high school, I loved hanging out with other women, particularly those who exhibited a level of confidence in…
As 2017 winds to a close, once again we document the people whose cookout invitations have been rescinded. This is…
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Kwanzaa, like black America, was birthed in struggle and chaos, then bathed in blood. It was born in the freedom…
Breakups are a fact of life. All things both good and bad come to an end, leaving us feeling some type of way…
Over the holiday, a lively debate got started in our Slack chat over the proper way to make deviled eggs.
On Dec. 17, the Rev. Gregory Greiten shared a secret with parishioners at the St. Bernadette Catholic Parish: “I am…
2017 has been, how do I put this succinctly, a fucking shit year.
This year, for each day of Kwanzaa, The Root is highlighting one person from the community who exemplifies the…
We made it through Christmas, and if you are anything like me, you are glad that shit is over with. Now, with just…
When is the last time you actually sat in the movie theater to watch a film? What movie was it? How much money did…
Azealia Banks must have gotten common sense for Christmas, because she just issued an apology to Beyoncé.
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[This post originally ran on Dec. 26, 2017.]
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This year, The Root is making the blackest holiday of them all great again!
Yes, we’re serious. When I was asked (or, um, “volunteered”) to edit our Kwanzaa Week series, I was hype!
There’s no other way to put it: 2017 was bleak. Bleak because the country’s top public health organization is now…
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