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Brazil once touted itself as free of racism. It turns out that the truth was more complicated — a lot more complicated. In his new PBS series, The Root’s editor-in-chief examines the complexities of race and color in Brazil, the country with the second-largest number of people of African descent in the world after Nigeria —…

Thelma Golden, the director and chief curator of New York’s Studio Museum in Harlem, spoke to The Root recently for the Vine video series on African-American leaders. She told Omar Wasow that art might not seem very important when you take into account some of the serious issues facing the black community, but “the ability…

As part of the Vine series on leadership, The Root’s Omar Wasow interviewed the Ethiopian-born, Swedish-raised celebrity chef about code switching, the difference between eating expensively and eating well, and the unique role of today’s African-American leaders. “Being able to be in many different worlds is really an opportunity,” he says. “I can talk to…

The Newark mayor tells The Root, “I have an audience of over 1 million followers on Twitter — that’s bigger than my state’s largest newspaper.” In the latest installment of our Vine series, he talks with Omar Wasow about his building dynamic coalitions and managing his message in the digital age.

Nearly two decades ago, Ellis Cose ripped the veil of contentment off the black middle class and exposed its seething frustrations with racism and the glass ceiling. In his latest book, The End of Anger (due out in May), Cose tells The Root’s Omar Wasow that African-American leaders understand that it is more difficult for President Obama to appear to…

To mark her 50 years in the entertainment business, Columbia Records is releasing an album of Aretha Franklin’s hits from 1960 to 1965. She also has a new single coming out — a remake of Barbra Streisand’s “The Way We Were” — which she played an exclusive preview of on this weekend’s The Tavis Smiley…

The first black woman professor at Harvard Business School has some unusual views about leadership. She believes leaders are self-made. “Leadership is a self-development process,” she insists. “You have to teach yourself.” And that old cliché about finding a mentor? “Why would someone do that who’s already paying you?” professor Linda Hill asks. Instead, she…

The latest stop on The Root’s Young, Fabulous and Female tour was Atlanta, where, along with Target, we hosted a lively networking session and panel discussion for hundreds of attendees. Moderated by Jacque Reid, the panel included Terri J. Vaughn, Beverly Bond, Tracey Ferguson and Taj George. Watch our video recap.

Syndicated radio host Bev Smith, recently won the prestigious Max Robinson Award for her work to combat HIV/AIDS. In an audio interview, the talk radio queen goes Beyond Fame with The Root’s Anji Corley, discussing modern courtship rituals, whether the NAACP is still relevant in 2011 and how to use what you have to get…

Updated May 17, 2012: Saddened to hear news of Chuck Brown’s death, we at The Root remembered back to the time in early 2011 when he caught up with us to talk about a recent Grammy nod and what went into his iconic sound. The audio of that interview is below (be advised, there will…