If you are like me, your phone camera roll likely has tons of selfies, food pics, random memes and a smattering of tasteful nudes. If in fact you are like me and your phone is a Samsung, you may want to go through your camera roll and make sure the pictures stored there are ones you wouldn’t mind your grandma or your…
The first lady is still modeling it seems, after she reportedly earned anywhere from $100,000 to $1,000,000 in royalties from images of the Trump family as part of an unconventional licensing agreement with Getty Images.
I wish this were a joke. Seriously, I wish that the president of the White Walkers wasn’t this shallow and embarrassing, but according to a Vice News report, this dumbass has a folder full of positive cable news clippings, articles, interview transcripts, tweets and even “photos of Trump on TV looking powerful”…
“Love is blind, but just in case, send nudes.” —ancient African proverb
On Jan. 20 around noon, the America that we knew and liked enough to kick it with died. Former President Barack Obama loosened his tie and began windsurfing, and Russia’s play cousin, Vladimir TrumPutin, officially took office as president of the United States. On April 29, Trump reached his first 100 days in office,…
Remember that narcissistic, rambling speech that President Asshat gave to the CIA shortly after white women elected him president? The one where he claimed that it was raining and that God made it shine just for him to give his speech, and then it started raining again after he stopped talking?
New Orleans is the perfect city to serve as the location for The Root’s latest Young, Fabulous and Female event. NOLA is so richly marinated in black culture and history, it’s hard to ignore it. It croons sultry jazz and stands tall in unbreakable resilience. And the professional women who reside there? Well, they…
The holidays are here, and we’re gushing over the Obamas.
It's been 10 years since audiences were mesmerized by Jennifer Hudson's Academy Award-winning performance as Effie White in Dreamgirls. Based on the Broadway production of the same name, the film adaptation also featured the characters Deena Jones (Beyoncé) and Lorrell Robinson (Anika Noni Rose) as the Dreams, an R&B…
On Monday in Atlanta, The Root hosted two of our best events so far: manCODE and Young, Fabulous and Female.
Tupac Shakur’s All Eyez on Me was released in February 1996, shortly after the rapper was bailed out of prison by Death Row Records CEO Suge Knight.
Singer, songwriter and activist Solange Knowles has another notch on her belt: honorary chairwoman of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.
Today is Black Friday, so it’s time to start plottin’ and plannin’ those holiday gift lists for your loved ones. But instead of trying to catch those big deals at your favorite superstore, how about keeping those dollars in the hands of black businesses and entrepreneurs?
The surprise victory of reality-TV star and businessman Donald Trump will mean positions of power for one of the loneliest segments of the Grand Ol’ Party: black Republicans, long vilified as being political "traitors to the race."
Epic ’90s nostalgia is truly incomplete without a few jams to help you get your groove on. But in the late ’80s and early ’90s, there was a new R&B sound that was rockin’ the airwaves and the dance floor. New jack swing, a contemporary sound born and bred in the New York City club scene, took over during this era. Of…
Every relationship has its own set of rules, and dating a woman with natural hair can add a few more regulations to the list. We love our hair, and taking care of it plays a major role in our daily lives, which means it may also play a major role in your life if you're dating us. Our quirks, routines and lingo may be…
Not only are we black moms recognized for our beautiful black skin, but we’re also recognized through our actions. The phrases we utter, the way we walk, talk and outshine even the best and brightest, are all qualities of good black mothering. It doesn’t matter if our child is 20 months or 20 years old—we share…
Before the days of our enlightened knowledge about black hair, we thought we needed two things to take care of our strands—perms and grease. Grease seemed to be a catchall phrase for anything that wasn’t shampoo or oil. Brands liked to call them hairdressing or conditioner, but we don’t remember them being called…
Collard greens for $66? Collard greens with peanuts??? Sweet potato pie with Parmesan cheese?
Set It Off, the bank-heist thriller starring Jada Pinkett Smith, Vivica A. Fox, Queen Latifah and Kimberly Elise, debuted 20 years ago on Nov. 6. The film, directed by F. Gary Gray, grossed more than $41 million at the box office and received positive reviews; some critics compared it to Thelma & Louise. Take a look…
