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Shortly after Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) finished her cool-down exercises after forcing the former Pinky to Barack…

Over the last few years, much of the conversation around Melania Trump has hinged on her foreignness—both in the…

Every Friday, when I wade through the emails, tweets and direct messages received from the readers of The Root, I…

People are worried about me.

Once upon a time in a newsroom as white as the newly fallen snow, I stood out as the only black person there—woman…

Contrary to what most people think, almost every black person I know honestly believes in the noble ideals of…

Editor’s Note: Senior Writer Michael Harriot is on vacation, so this week’s Clapback Mailbag was prepared in…

I don’t neatly fit into many of the cultural lines set before me—much like many black millennials. It’s almost…

I’d spent two years on this earth when I met my paternal grandmother Julianna Oni for the first—and last—time. As I…

Fourscore and 12 Fridays ago, our writers brought forth, upon this website, a new weekly feature—The Clapback…

The outgoing mayor of Chicago, Rahm Emanuel, is preparing for life outside of municipal governance by rewriting…

It’s the Friday before a major holiday, and the regular writer of the Clapback Mailbag, Michael Harriot, has decided…

“You’re so different. You’re so articulate. Why do you talk like a white girl? You’re the whitest black girl I know.”

I don’t believe in hell.

I love the Clapback Mailbag.

News outlets across the country have characterized two recent bills that effectively banned abortions in Georgia and…

John Singleton. Dead at 51. Stroke/Hypertension.

Last week, on Monday night, was the 19th annual Women’s eNews 21 Leaders for the 21st Century gala at Club 101 in…

The biggest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing white people they weren’t racist.

If, perchance, one day, a team of white supremacist elves (although that description may be redundant because I…