In the minefield of microaggressions, marginalization and outright racism that can plague the modern office…
Dear every single Black author who dropped a book today,
Amid a year with very few things to celebrate, one of its most celebrated books was Deesha Philyaw’s The Secret…
If you’ve been hungry for more work from Roxane Gay, you are soon to be sated. Via a press release provided to The…
Once you’ve been a part of The Root family, we will forever claim you (because Black excellence deserves Black…
Of the handful of celebrity families who continue to capture our imagination —including the Carters, the Wilsons,…
To say Ta-Nehisi Coates went off on the Black Panther comics for the last five years would be an understatement. In…
It’s no secret that there is a disparity between the Black and white experiences in America. While the protests of…
Spring is in full swing and a mask-free life is on the horizon—are you feeling that new energy yet? Here at The Root…
… It has a way of repeating itself, or that’s how the saying goes. Within that repetition comes new ways in which…
A brand new book from Stacey Thee Abrams will be headed to a small screen near us soon, The Root has learned.
Jasmine Mans may be best known for her viral poem, Footnotes for Kanye, but her latest volume of poetry, Black Girl,…
The more things seem to change, the more they stay the same. Walter Dean Myers first published Monster in 1999; over…
Shame is a universal condition—no one is immune. In fact, it might be argued that shame is also one of the strongest…
Bzzzzz—you hear that? That’s the sound of Lil’ Kim reclaiming her time!
In a country where Black lives are consistently under threat, it is in some ways understandable that many of us are…
How’s your money these days? It’s a loaded question ask, but given the impact of the ongoing global pandemic upon…
How does trauma affect the way we live our day-to-day lives? Is inherited or intergenerational trauma more…
On-screen, on the air, and now, on the page, Zerlina Maxwell is a force. Having held positions on both Barack Obama…
Magic. What is it exactly? Some will debate wholeheartedly that the confines of magic exist in fantasy novels and…