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11/16/21

Deuces

After five years at The Root, Michael Harriot says goodbye.

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5 Thanksgiving Recipes You Need In Your Life Right Now

Turkey day is right around the corner--are you ready?

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PageTurners: In Both Fiction and Nonfiction, This Week's Authors and Characters Play 'Make Believe'

We aren't the only critics to describe Percival Everett's novel The Trees as 'page turning'; James Baldwin's…

Bella Morais

9/22/21 6:00PM

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EntertainmentThe Grapevine

Tonja Renée Stidhum to Throw in the Tile as <i>The Root</i>'s Staff Entertainment Writer

EntertainmentThe Grapevine

Tonja Renée Stidhum to Throw in the Tile as The Root's Staff Entertainment Writer

According to a source that is also Tonja, we heard through The Grapevine (heh) that this is the end of an era.

Tonja Renée Stidhum

8/13/21 1:57PM

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CultureGender Studies

A Woman of Color Is the Least Likely to Receive Mentorship. How Can We Unlock Her Potential?

Entering its 2nd year, Unlock Her Potential, the industry heavyweight mentorship platform launched by Sophia Chang,…

Maiysha Kai

7/30/21 9:30AM

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EntertainmentHot Tea

Memoirs of an Imperfect Sibling: Mariah Carey Says Inspiration, Not Defamation Was the Goal of Her Book

As with most memoirs, when shit starts hitting the fan, family and friends who may have been mentioned often come…

Shanelle Genai

6/01/21 12:30PM

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NewsOpinionSome Thoughts

I'll Be Around

This month makes 10 years from the weekend I drove from Pittsburgh to D.C. for a party to celebrate both the…

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Kyrie Is Not Your Negro

As Kyrie Irving made abundantly clear this weekend, the n-word isn’t for everybody.

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Exclusive: Danielle Belton to Star in Tyler Perry’s The HuffPost That Preys

Danielle Belton (The Black Snob, The Root) has been tapped to star in Tyler Perry’s The HuffPostThat Preys, The Root…

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'You've Left an Indelible Mark on The Root': Giving Danielle Belton Her Flowers

The first time Danielle Belton and I chatted by phone was in 2017. At the time, I was still working in Miami at…

Jessica Moulite

4/06/21 9:53AM

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NewsOpinionClapback/Mailbag

The Root's Clapback Mailbag: Caucasian Race Theory

Like most people, I have a special alert for when I receive emails from important people. And, of course, The Root’s…

Michael Harriot

4/02/21 6:28PM

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EntertainmentIt's Lit

'Cosmology Is Black—It’s Blackity-Black': <i>The Root Presents: It's Lit! </i>Explores <i>The Disordered Cosmos</i> With Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

EntertainmentIt's Lit

'Cosmology Is Black—It’s Blackity-Black': The Root Presents: It's Lit! Explores The Disordered Cosmos With Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

Real talk? The Root’s Editor-in-Chief Danielle Belton and I consider ourselves to be pretty smart people—but…

Maiysha Kai

4/02/21 1:30PM

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EntertainmentIt's Lit

'She's a Kiki and a Good Time': <i>The Root Presents: It's Lit!</i> Studies the Book of <i>Bevelations</i> With Bevy Smith

EntertainmentIt's Lit

'She's a Kiki and a Good Time': The Root Presents: It's Lit! Studies the Book of Bevelations With Bevy Smith

When’s the last time you had a good kiki? With our social lives deeply lacking during quarantine, many of us have…

Maiysha Kai

3/26/21 1:30PM

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CultureBlack Excellence

Pride and Joy: As She Prepares for a New Era, Editor-in-Chief Danielle Belton Reflects on Life at <i>The Root</i>

CultureBlack Excellence

Pride and Joy: As She Prepares for a New Era, Editor-in-Chief Danielle Belton Reflects on Life at The Root

Six years to the day that she became a full-time staffer and associate editor at The Root, Editor-in-Chief Danielle…

Maiysha Kai

3/25/21 11:26AM

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NewsOpinionClapback/Mailbag

The Root's Clapback Mailbag: The Blacker the Content, the Whiter the Tears

The Clapback Mailbag was never supposed to be about me.

Michael Harriot

3/05/21 3:44PM

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NewsOpinionClapback/Mailbag

The Root's Clapback Mailbag: How to Be an Anti-Antiracist

Are you white?

Michael Harriot

2/26/21 2:50PM

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EntertainmentIt's Lit

'Love Is the Strut. Hate Is a Stumble': <i>The Root Presents It's Lit!</i> Salutes the <i>Black Bottom Saints </i>With Alice Randall

EntertainmentIt's Lit

'Love Is the Strut. Hate Is a Stumble': The Root Presents It's Lit! Salutes the Black Bottom Saints With Alice Randall

In case you haven’t noticed, “Black joy” has been our theme for Black History Month 2021 at The Root—and as the…

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You Get Some Black Joy! And You Get Some Black Joy! Everybody Black Gets Some Black Joy! Love, The Root

Black joy is unmatched.

Tonja Renée Stidhum

2/25/21 11:00AM

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Beauty/StyleThe Glow Up

My Daily, Less-Than-5-Minute, Quarantine Skincare Routine

It’s Big Beauty Tuesday here at The Glow Up, and in lieu of our regularly scheduled programming, there’s a glow I…

Danielle C. Belton

1/12/21 2:30PM

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EventsThe Root InstituteSocial Impact

<i>The Root</i> Gets Together to Talk <i>The Root Institute</i>

EventsThe Root InstituteSocial Impact

The Root Gets Together to Talk The Root Institute

With heavy-hitters like Stacey Abrams and Ava DuVernay, The Root Institute was a must-watch online event this past…

Danielle C. Belton

9/21/20 9:52AM

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