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Awards season is in full swing and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) is ready to kick things off for…
Dec 2
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Editor’s note: The following article contains a reference to suicide.
Nov 30
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Laverne Cox (Bad Hair, Promising Young Woman) recently shared details of a transphobic attack that occurred while…
Nov 23
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Back in February, you might’ve heard about an ashy-ass rapper named Boosie Badazz who said some goofy-ass shit about…
Nov 4
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While it might’ve been an anxiety-ridden election night for most of us, for the LGBTQ community it was a historic…
Oct 30
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When The Root first spoke to George M. Johnson (one of our longtime contributors) just ahead of the release of their…
Oct 20
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They were the breakout star of FX’s much-beloved (and now, much-missed) Pose, and now Indya Moore is breaking even…
Oct 20
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Before polling began, America would have assumed that Eric Trump was the dumbest Trump. But a new poll from “Fuck…
Oct 19
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Michael K. Williams Dug Deep Into His Own Generational Pain to Portray Montrose in Lovecraft Country
Michael K. Williams is a standout actor in any role he portrays, and most recently, he has been receiving much…
Oct 8
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Simply put, Darnell Moore was born to do the work.
Jul 21
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The Root recently talked with show creator and star Michaela Coel about the inner-workings of the critically…
Jun 30
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TV and film writer (and former contributor to The Root) Felicia Pride has an array of stories bubbling inside of…
Jun 26
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Just as the fight for racial justice isn’t complete without centering the experiences of queer and trans black…
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It’s Pride Month—and writer George M. Johnson has something additional to be proud of!
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It’s Pride Month and Da Brat is celebrating the LGBTQIA commemoration for the first time this year, after having…
Apr 30
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Hollywood has the best publicist in the game. For years, it has taken on the identity of a city with “streets paved…
Apr 27
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Writer George M. Johnson has yet to see themself represented accurately in media. Growing up black and questioning…
Apr 20
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“I can’t go home. I can’t go back there,” they stated emphatically, taking breaths between each word. “If I am…
Apr 9
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“God loves me radically. And any member of faith, any leader of faith should also love me radically.” — Alphonso…