Danielle Belton

We laugh a lot. A lot. And we’re very good friends. And one of us wrote a book (psst ... it’s called The Baddest…

Last week, on Monday night, was the 19th annual Women’s eNews 21 Leaders for the 21st Century gala at Club 101 in…

“I don’t know how you ended up so bougie when we came out of the same family,” said my baby sister, one day over the…

Every Root 100 gala is special, but this year was particularly momentous. Along with celebrating our 100 honorees,…

What do you get when you put hundreds of well-dressed black folk, a great DJ, an open bar, and boundless black…

We celebrate black excellence every day here at The Root, but there’s one event where we celebrate the most…

Editor’s note: This story was written for an event where The Root was a media sponsor.

Do people still call Washington, D.C., Chocolate City? I’m asking for a friend and also because my people, my…

First things first: When it comes to Queen Sugar and director Ava DuVernay, I’m a total fan. I am biased. I am…

“He needs someone to treat him like the teacher treated Helen Keller in The Miracle Worker,” I said.

For the first time ever, The Root teamed up with Very Smart Brothas and The Glow Up for a panel event all about…

First things first, I have a lot of hair.

I’m back, Antisocialites!

The Root just turned 10! To celebrate, some of our nearest and dearest will sit in the hot seat to answer 10 …

As media partners for the Blackout for Human Rights-produced MLK Now event at New York City’s Riverside Church on…

I went natural before going natural was cool, back in 2000, 17 years ago, when curly-hair products for black hair…

First off, I didn’t realize check-in was at 7, not 8:30. It was just the beginning of a series of disasters that led…

We’re living in a DIY culture, and there’s no one more DIY than bloggers. Blogging is a means of communication,…

Two more black men became a hashtag on Twitter last week: Alton Sterling and Philando Castile. It’s a modern marker…