CultureCultureCultureCultureEveryone Who Messed Around And Found Out In 2024This year, there was no shortage of folks paying the price for their antics.ByCandace McDuffiePublishedDecember 20, 2024
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PoliticsPoliticsPoliticsPolitics5 Reasons Why Elon Musk Has Been Dubbed Trump's 'Co-President'Critics have noticed Musk's influence on the President-elect.ByCandace McDuffiePublishedDecember 20, 2024
CultureCultureWhy Black Folks Aren't Seeing or Thinking About Those 'Drones'Thousands of drones have been spotted in the Northeast region of the country, but by... white people.ByPhenix S HalleyPublishedDecember 20, 2024
PoliticsPoliticsPoliticsPoliticsUpsetting News about Fani Willis and Her Prosecution of TrumpOn Thursday, a Georgia Court of Appeals disqualified the Fulton County District Attorney.ByCandace McDuffiePublishedDecember 19, 2024
CultureTechnologyCultureTechnologyChatGPT Predicts Emerging Trends for Black America in 2025Before you dive head first into the new year, take a look at key predictions on core Black issues.ByPhenix S HalleyPublishedDecember 19, 2024
CultureCultureDonald Trump Named Herschel Walker Ambassador To Bahamas, Setting Black Twitter on FireTwo years ago, the ex-NFL player unsuccessfully ran for a Senate seat two years ago.ByCandace McDuffiePublishedDecember 18, 2024
EntertainmentTelevisionEntertainmentTelevisionEverybody Hated Chris Rock's Predictable 'SNL' Monologue. Is He So Over?Viewers weren’t excited about the former cast member’s monologue, which featured several questionable jokes.ByStephanie HollandPublishedDecember 16, 2024
NewsNewsNYPD Detective Caught Shoplifting, Trump’s Plan for Black People, Black High School Volleyball Player Collapses, Jay-Z and Tony Buzbee Exchange Statements and More Viral News StoriesWondering what you missed. The Root's top news posts of the week.PublishedDecember 16, 2024
NewsNewsThe Biggest Lies of 2024 That Y'all Fell ForFrom disinformation about Haitian immigrants to fake memoirs, this year was quite the head scratcher.ByPhenix S HalleyPublishedDecember 15, 2024
PoliticsPoliticsBlack Twitter Goes Off On TIME Magazine’s ‘Person of the Year,’ How Bad Things Will Get For Black People During the Next Four Years? Biden Made a Huge Number of Black Women Judges and More Political NewsA collection of the Root's best posts of the week in politicsPublishedDecember 15, 2024
PoliticsPoliticsWait, What... Will President Biden Pardon Donald Trump? A famous Black Leader Surely Thinks SoTrump was found guilty on 34 felony counts on May 30, 2024.ByPhenix S HalleyPublishedDecember 13, 2024
PoliticsPoliticsTrump Named TIME Magazine's 'Person of the Year,' and Boy Does Black Twitter Have Thoughts...This year marks the second time the president-elect has been awarded the honor.ByPhenix S HalleyPublishedDecember 12, 2024
PoliticsPoliticsPoliticsPoliticsBoom! Biden Just Made a Huge Number of Black Women Judges During Final Days As PresidentBiden has fulfilled his promise to diversify the federal judiciary.ByCandace McDuffiePublishedDecember 12, 2024
Criminal JusticeCrimeCriminal JusticeCrimeWhy the Anti-DEI UnitedHealthcare Alleged Shooter Isn't the 'Woke' Icon You Thought He WasLuigi Mangione's Goodreads account, social media posts, and hand written manifesto are circling the internet.ByPhenix S HalleyPublishedDecember 11, 2024
PoliticsPoliticsPoliticsPoliticsThis Is How Bad Things Will Get For Black People During the Next Four YearsThe President-elect has been very candid about his plans for this country.ByCandace McDuffiePublishedDecember 11, 2024
OpinionSome ThoughtsOpinionSome ThoughtsConservative White Folks Have Gotten Bold Since Trump's Re-Election, And It's Worse Than Before...And there's no place to hide from them, because they're everywhere.ByLawrence WarePublishedDecember 10, 2024
NewsNewsUHC Shooting Suspect Luigi Mangione, Other Privileged Folks Who (Allegedly) Chose the Criminal LifeThe UnitedHealthcare CEO murder suspect Luigi Mangione is just the latest example.ByCandace McDuffiePublishedDecember 10, 2024
EntertainmentTelevisionEntertainmentTelevisionJamie Foxx Reveals ‘Medical Complication’ in Great Detail On Netflix SpecialIn ‘Jamie Foxx: What Had Happened Was,’ the Oscar winner reveals all the difficult, yet funny details behind his…ByStephanie HollandPublishedDecember 10, 2024