Once a Prince muse, always a Prince muse. Model Damaris Lewis met Prince in 2010 after receiving a strange call…

USA Track & Field star Michelle Carter walks into any space exuding confidence, with a bright smile, carefully…

“If I had my druthers, I’d rather be born black, American, female and in the 20th century. And I was. What luck I…

Editor’s note: For Women’s History Month, The Root is celebrating women from a wide range of professional industries…

Editor’s note: For Women’s History Month, The Root is celebrating women from a wide range of professional industries…

Editor’s note: For Women’s History Month, The Root is celebrating women from a wide range of professional industries…

For street dancer Storyboard P, dance is more than a form of movement. Dance is intuitive. It is a form of therapy,…

Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America is Georgetown University professor Michael Eric Dyson’s 20th…

James Baldwin is unequivocally one of the most prolific writers of his time.

The film A United Kingdom tells the true story of an interracial couple—Seretse Khama (David Oyelowo) and Ruth…

Isaac Ewell believes looking good shouldn’t cost you a fortune.

By now you may have noticed that The Root staff likes a plate of good food and we offer the sharp opinions—hence the…

Robbie Montgomery and Tim Norman are a mother-and-son duo from St. Louis, and they cook good food. Need we say more?