What It Looks Like When the Whole Team's Winning
A few years back, one of my best friends had the opportunity to go back to his home church in D.C. and give a speech…
VSB and The Glow Up are Making Boss Moves in Washington, D.C., July 19th! Come Through!
A few months back, we took to the streets of Los Angeles to talk about being Urban by Nature. We gathered a few hundred…
10 Personal Reflections a Year After Becoming Part of The Root
What a difference a year makes. Just a little over a year ago, Damon and I signed those final signatures to complete…
Hey VSB Commenters, Reclaim Your Time and Your Comments (From Disqus)!
If you were a commenter on Very Smart Brothas before the switch to Kinja, this is your chance to reassociate all your…
VSB and The Glow Up Are Getting Urban by Nature in Los Angeles on March 29! Come Through!
Hey, young world (who lives in the greater Los Angeles area or has lots of money and time to fly out to L.A.)! Do you…
The Glow Up and VSB Present Urban by Nature, Where Unapologetically Black Meets Mother Nature
2017 was a year of growth for The Root. With the help of our dedicated readers, we reached new milestones and added new…
Yara Shahidi Performing Assata Shakur Is More #BlackGirlMagic Than Our Hearts Can Stand
As media partners for the Blackout for Human Rights-produced MLK Now event at New York City’s Riverside Church on…
If You’re Reading This, Thank You for Everything (and Also for Reading This)
On a macro level and, I think, by most objective measures, 2017 was a fairly shitty year. I don’t have the time or…
Mike Pence Would Not Be Worse Than Trump Because No One, God Included, Gives a Shit About Mike Pence
It’s been a relatively slow week for rapey vat of curdled Cheez Whiz Donald Trump and his cadre of paint thinner-dipped…
10 Things to Help Black Students Prepare for Life at a PWI
I regret not attending an HBCU.
In Insecure, Where Are the Condoms?
For the past two weeks, I’ve been recapping the latest episodes of Insecure. This week I’m going to do a little of…
Of All the Reasons to Boycott the Trash-Ass NFL, Colin Kaepernick Not Getting Signed Is Waaay Down the List
In the time since I began writing this, Jay Cutler could’ve broken his right ring finger after punching a bag of Hot…
Moving Day
Hi everyone.
Hey, Y’all! We’re Over Here on The Root Now!
Hey, young world! Welcome to our new digs. You already knew that we were moving to a deluxe apartment in the sky. We…
The Levels of Wrong in Lawrence Attending Tasha’s Family Cookout, Ranked From Least to Most Wrong
Makes the list because I’ve never seen that before. And I’m 92 percent certain that shit has never happened before. But…
I’m a Grown-Ass Man and I’m Scared to Death of NYC Subways, and I Don’t Give a Shit How You Feel About That
It wasn’t until my fifth or sixth time in New York City as an adult that I realized why it always felt 10 degrees…
10 Reasons You Absolutely Should Be Watching Queen Sugar Right Now (and When It Comes Back)
Queen Sugar, the Ava DuVernay-helmed television show on Auntie O’s OWN and based on the book by Natalie Baszile, is…
Procter & Gamble Release an Ad About ‘the Talk,’ and White People Respond With the Wettest, Saltiest, Stupidest White Tears Ever
The talk is literally a talk many black parents have with their children to inform them of the dangers of “existing…
VSB in NYC, Explained
(Photo courtesy of Jonathan Newton/Washington Post; Flyer courtesy of Panama Jackson/VSB)
Why We Joined Gizmodo Media Group (GMG), Explained
WAIT WHAT!!!! WHEN DID THIS HAPPEN???