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

I like turkey bacon.

Faith. George Michael crooned about it; black people in America somehow maintain it—even if it’s the size of a…

This year, for each day of Kwanzaa, The Root is highlighting one person from the community who exemplifies the…

[This post originally ran on Dec. 30, 2017.]

This year, for each day of Kwanzaa, The Root is highlighting one person from the community who exemplifies the…

We’ve been celebrating Kwanzaa Week here at The Root, which, for The Glow Up, also meant thinking up new outfits to…

This year, for each day of Kwanzaa, The Root is highlighting one person from the community who exemplifies the…

Each year, there are new essays or snide conversations about how black people don’t celebrate Kwanzaa. But I’m here…

... On the fifth day of Kwanzaa, P-Nut gave to meeeee: Fiiive keeeente clooooths! Four calling cards, three French…

This year, for each day of Kwanzaa, The Root is highlighting one person from the community who exemplifies the…

This year, for each day of Kwanzaa, The Root is highlighting one person from the community who exemplifies the…

This article originally ran on Dec. 27, 2017.

[This post originally ran on Dec. 26, 2017.]

This year, The Root is making the blackest holiday of them all great again!

Yes, we’re serious. When I was asked (or, um, “volunteered”) to edit our Kwanzaa Week series, I was hype!

Sure. This will be one of our shortest explainers ever.