You know what doesn’t get enough love and attention right now? Black joy. So what are we going to do about it? Well,…

What is Black joy? Is it a superhero? Is it a way of life? Is it under attack? The answer to all of those questions…

The Apollo Theater is a church.

Want to keep track of all the folks participating in The Root Institute virtual conference this year? Here’s a handy…

I imagine I am a street sweeper.

There is an interesting political conversation going on that was prompted by someone who few people expected to have…

Did it really take a former Republican congressman to finally launch the first black news network?

If you think the 2020 Oscars was going to return to regularly scheduled programming by featuring a single comedian…

After The Root’s Michael Harriot ripped Democratic presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg’s troubling tenure with black…

Once again, South Bend, Ind. mayor and presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg finds himself under the microscope and…

He has clapped back at our hate mail weekly; regularly educates us on the inextricable links between American…

This week, besides having to scroll through all things Rumi and Sir Carter, I learned that Madame Tussauds doesn’t…

Dear Democratic Party,

On Thursday the Supreme Court upheld the University of Texas’ affirmative action policies and shot down claims by…