10 ‘Heroes’ Who Should Win Awards Before Donald Trump Gets a Nobel Peace Prize
Donald Trump has been nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize.
The Root’s Clapback Mailbag: My Apology
Yesterday, after discovering that the Cleveland Cavaliers traded Isaiah Thomas, Dwyane Wade, Derrick Rose, Channing…
A Firsthand Account of the Legal Hearing, Support Rally, Church Service—and Attack—of Umar Johnson
Two things can be true at the same time. It is possible to believe that Oprah Winfrey might be the transformational…
Thank You, Woke Baby Jesus, for Giving Us Ashymania ’17 Between Tariq Nasheed and Dr. Umar Johnson
It is the War to End All Lotions. The Thrilla in the Manila Folders. The Notep Telenovela Marathon. The Battle of…
Umar Johnson Is the Black Church
The Hoteps are hilarious. We should all make fun of them. I still find it hard to believe that people actually cape for…
Why So Many of Us Are So Willing to Be Led by ‘Ain’t Shit’ Men, Explained
He is your least favorite Facebook friend’s favorite “educator.” He also recently joined an exclusive club with Omarosa…
Umar Johnson Announces He’s Under Investigation for Hotep Hogwarts
It be your own negus.
Defending And Excusing Problematic Black Men Aint Love, It's Low Expectations
There's a virulent strain of criticism that exists both on the Internet and offline; surfacing whenever a prominent and…
Judge of Characters: Oh God, Wait ... Am I a Hotep?
This week, besides having to scroll through all things Rumi and Sir Carter, I learned that Madame Tussauds doesn’t care…
I Was Wrong. His Name Is Doctor Umar Johnson
A little more than a week ago I wrote two scathing articles about Umar Johnson. I called him a charlatan (I think ... I…
We Fact-Checked Umar Johnson’s Hotep Tantrum With Roland Martin Because Someone Had To
While everyone is grabbing the popcorn for the Blac Chyna-Rob Kardashian beef, the real donnybrook was happening Monday…
How Umar Johnson Cured Me of Being a Hidden Hotep
I am a recovering hidden Hotep. Mind you, not the ankh-wearing, incense-selling, lecture-women-about-their…
You Called Out The Root, Umar Johnson, and You Played Yourself; Here’s Why
Umar Johnson, aka the Prince of Pan-Africanism, has said our name. In his last posting from a hotel room somewhere in…
Hotep Hoedown: How Umar Johnson Lost His Hotep Mind
It was a Hotep hoedown, or a Hotep smackdown—straight WWE-style—when Dr. Umar Johnson, aka the Prince of…