If I’m ever sent to prison on charges of first-degree blackness or mayonnaise-related hate speech, I will probably…

The last day of Kwanzaa is represented by the principle of Imani, or faith—the essence of what has gotten us through…

As we continue on our Kwanzaa trek this year, today we celebrate Kuumba, or creativity, a place where—let’s be…

I don’t know why people dislike fights.

As we continue to celebrate the African American cultural holiday of Kwanzaa, today brings us to Nia, or “Purpose,”…

Here’s a lie you often hear:

Today—Dec. 29—the Kwanzaa principle celebrated is Ujamaa, or “cooperative economics,” and there was very little…

The Kwanzaa principle for today, Dec. 28, is Ujima: Collective Work and Responsibility. Ujima means building and…

The thing you must know about Kwanzaa is that it really isn’t seven times the holiday that Christmas is because,…

For each day of Kwanzaa, the African-American cultural holiday that eschews the typical commercialism of the holiday…

I like turkey bacon.

As with last year, The Root is celebrating the blackest holiday of them all!