Every Friday, we clap back at hateful emails, tweets, DMs and comments from our readers. But, since today is the day…
It has been two whole weeks since Kobe Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, and seven others perished in a…
I don’t know who you are. I don’t know what you want. I can tell you that I don’t have money. But what I do have is…
The premature, unbearable death of Kobe Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, and seven other souls on board his…
I changed my mind. White people are better.
We interrupt our usual clapback session for a very special Mailbag.
Imagine spending 10 years playing a character on a lily-white show that was a direct and complete appropriation of a…
There are, according to my research, three grades of ash; each uncomfortable in its own way, but one a bit deeper…
The first time I saw Kobe Bryant play live was at the McDonald’s All-American Basketball Game in 1996. The game was…
In 1951, the great American poet Langston Hughes, in his poem, “Harlem,” asked:
Now this is a story all about how
Every Friday, I turn white smiles upside down
I’d like to take a second...Maybe a…
Mithridates the Great was one of the Roman Empire’s greatest foes and claimed to be a descendant of Alexander the…
My fiancée and I have developed somewhat of a routine for the Democratic presidential debates.
For too long, the writers at The Root have ignored the plight of those whose labor goes unrecognized and unheralded.…
Any list of the pleasant surprises from the months of book-related touring, talks, events, and appearances in 2019…
Firstly, I hate each and every one of you. Secondly, I’m not even sure if “firstly” is a word—it felt awkward in my…