‘It Freaking Matters Today’: Influential Black Women Stress the Importance of the Midterms
Fun fact: Despite voting early, I’ve been proudly holding onto my unworn “I Voted, Did You?” wristband for two weeks…
Phenomenal Women: On the Transformative Power of Black Women
Editor’s note: This story was written for an event where The Root was a media sponsor.
Unemployed Comedian Comes Up With Another Excuse for Valerie Jarrett Tweet: 'I Thought the Bitch Was White'
Updated Friday, July 20 at 1:34 PM EDT: Well, here’s a predictable plot twist.
School Board Member Blames Her Racist Facebook Posts on Michelle Obama, NFL Protesters
After being called out for a collection of racist social media posts echoing the sentiments of noted Twitter political…
ABC Is Trying to Figure Out How to Keep Profiting Off Roseanne’s Brand Without Involving Roseanne: Report
ABC canceled Roseanne on Tuesday after its star Roseanne Barr sent out a tweet saying that former Barack Obama adviser…
Here’s Why Black Women Take the High Road
This week, Roseanne Barr—a bona fide racist—was outed, fired and hung out to dry.
Sterling K. Brown on Roseanne’s Firing: ‘I’m Happy With the Swift Action That Was Taken’
Sterling K. Brown, Keegan-Michael Key and Brian Tyree Henry shared their thoughts on Roseanne Barr’s racist tweets and…
Valerie Jarrett Is Better Than Me—Just Look at the Way She Handled Roseanne’s Racist Tweet
By now you have probably already heard that ABC canceled Roseanne after its star, actress-comedian Roseanne Barr, made…
Roseanne Barr Is a White Woman [Updated]
My capacity for being surprised by white people acting white is shrinking at an exponential rate. It was never a…
Roseanne Barr Says Valerie Jarrett Is the Result of ‘Muslim Brotherhood and Planet of the Apes’
Updated: Tuesday, May 29, 2018, 10:42 a.m. EDT: Of course Roseanne Barr issued an apology after yet another show of her…
They Said It Was Private. She Said It Was on-the-Record. The Reality? It’s Complicated
In the nine years of BET Networks’ Leading Women Defined summit, Jeanine Liburd, chief marketing and communications…
Valerie Jarrett, Top Adviser to Obama, Signs Book Deal
Valerie Jarrett, the most trusted woman in former President Barack Obama’s Cabinet, has signed a book deal. The former…
Omarosa Manigault Is in Donald Trump's Army, but Who Is She Fighting For?
On Tuesday, a typical, but no less still unnecessarily combative, Omarosa Manigault spoke with MSNBC’s Thomas Roberts…