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Six years to the day that she became a full-time staffer and associate editor at The Root, Editor-in-Chief Danielle…

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The relationship between poetry and music is intrinsic. While all music isn’t lyrical and poetry isn’t musical, it’s…

This is a Telfar Clemens appreciation post. As of Monday morning, the CFDA Award-winning designer’s little (or large…

Will the tea ever stop spilling about Meghan Markle and the British monarchy? Admittedly, we in the media likely…

What would it look like to make a substantial, sustainable and unprecedented investment in Black women? New research…

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If you grew up a Black girl in America in the last half-century, there’s a good chance you grew up in tandem with…

The Talk has some explaining to do. The daytime ensemble talk show announced on Monday that it would be on hiatus…

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It probably goes without saying that Michelle Obama, while one of the realest to ever assume the role of first lady,…

At this point in world history, it really shouldn’t come as any surprise the lengths to which whiteness—as an…

If you watched the 63rd annual Grammy Awards on Sunday night, you might’ve sensed a theme. In a ceremony full of…

What does it feel like to be heir to a renowned legacy? For Michelle Duster, great-granddaughter of Ida B. Wells, it…