demographics
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Q&A: Trymaine Lee Discusses Being Black at Harvard and Weighs in on the HBCU vs. PWI Debate
The MSNBC correspondent discusses his fellowship and what it means to be Black at Harvard
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The Root Institute 2021: Generation X Are the Original Influencers
Say what you want about the so-called ‘forgotten generation,’ but we created the culture.
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Don Cheadle Is Every Gen Xer
A now-viral exchange between Cheadle and Kevin Hart epitomizes the generational divide—and Gen Xers are not with the shits.
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‘What Made That Decade Special?’: The Root Presents: It’s Lit! Revisits the Enigmatic ’80s With Adrian Loving
The author, artist and historian’s latest book, Fade to Grey, is a deep dive into the 1980s’ groundbreaking convergence of music, art and androgyny.
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Auntie Unfiltered Chats With Younger Millennials About Life
I wanted to find out what is on the minds of younger millennials these days, so I asked and found out.
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#RepublicansSoWhite: Why Black Voters Don't Mess With the GOP
One of the favorite assertions of Candace Owens, Kanye West and black people who will happily let white people touch their hair, is that negroes have been bamboozled by the Democratic Party. They often ask why the Democratic Party tends to get the black vote by default. With a false sense of superiority bestowed upon…
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The Top Cities People Move to Differ Drastically When You Look at Race
A series of new charts compiled by the Washington Post looks at where Americans moved to between 2012 and 2016. At first blush, the numbers, which were pulled from the U.S. Census Bureau’s most recent statistics, look fairly predictable—New York City, the largest metropolitan area in the United States, drew in the most newcomers, while…