Y’all already know that here at The Root, we like big books and we cannot lie. Accordingly, we love big book news…
Discover
Editions
More
Extra
Explore our other sites
Maiysha Kai
maiyshakai
Maiysha Kai is former managing editor of The Glow Up and host of The Root Presents: It's Lit!, and your average Grammy-nominated goddess next door. May I borrow some sugar?
The Fenty Effect May Soon Go to Our Heads: Rihanna Has Reportedly Filed a Trademark for 'Fenty Hair'
Never let it be said The Glow Up can’t spot an emerging trend. Back in January 2019, as Rihanna was debuting her…
Some things get better with age...like the now 76-year-old designer and renaissance man Dapper Dan of Harlem, N.Y.…
Michelle Obama’s new show Waffles + Mochi drops next Tuesday on Netflix, and as she promotes her new gig, the…
They say never meet your heroes...but given the chance to meet Alice Walker, the 1983 Pulitzer Prize-winning author…
Where will you be on Sunday, March 7 at 7 p.m. ET? I, an unabashed royal watcher (by profession and proclivity) will…
Ahh, fashion...one day you’re in, the next day you’re out—but for those concerned about André Leon Talley being…
Fun fact: I don’t know Meghan, Duchess of Sussex. We’ve never met, and have no mutual friends or family (that I know…
If you’re anything like us, this is the time of day—and the time of the week (OK, year)—when your energy and mood…
Now playing
When Black women lead, we typically bring everyone to the table; it’s been proven time and again, with increasingly…
We can’t think of a better way to spend the first week of Women’s History Month—or “Black HerStory Month,” as it’s…
A duke and a duchess are about to have a sit-down with a queen—to discuss, among other things, their departure from…
If you’ve ever wondered what it might be like to have Al Pacino on your biweekly Zoom meeting, you likely found out…
“You good?” read the motif on one of the designs in Target’s Black History Month 2021 assortment, a now-annual…
In case you haven’t noticed, “Black joy” has been our theme for Black History Month 2021 at The Root—and as the…
“Defund W Magazine!” exclaimed The Root’s contributing entertainment writer Shanelle Genai on Thursday, after seeing…
January brought big news to the business world, as Starbucks COO Roz Brewer was named the new CEO of the Walgreens…
Over the past several years, we’ve increasingly been asked to listen to, believe, trust and protect survivors of…
“Bwown Natalie, Mommy!” In the limited repertoire of language I possessed at 2 years old—mostly comprised of …
The 2021 awards committees may still struggle with recognizing Black excellence (we’re looking at you, Hollywood…