Black Folks Warned America, But Elon Musk Showed Us Who He Really Is With That Salute...Believe HimThese are the opening credits of the horror movie Black folks told America it was about to see. America didn’t listen.Byron Washington-Douglass
Black Folks Are Furious That Snoop Dogg is Performing at a Pre-Inauguration Event, But They Shouldn't Be SurprisedLawrence Ware
Why Kendrick Lamar and the West Coast Owned 2024In his beef with Drake, Lamar made it about his city...not about himself.Lawrence Ware
Scholars: Black Managers, Workers Say They're Not Getting Compensated or Acknowledged For JobsIn interviews for the book, Black executives say they are forced to moderate their hair, tone, and attire while managing their emotionsDr. Wells and Dr. MacAulay
Conservative White Folks Have Gotten Bold Since Trump's Re-Election, And It's Worse Than Before...And there's no place to hide from them, because they're everywhere.Lawrence Ware
Is the Cold-Blooded UnitedHealthcare CEO Killer Getting This Much Love Because He's a White Man?There's just no damn way a Black man would get the same treatment.Lawrence Ware
With the L.A. Wildfires, Insurance Companies Are Showing Us Exactly What They AreThey may not be League of Assassins-level evil, but they are not far behind.Lawrence Ware
By Performing at Trump's Inauguration, Mississippi Valley State Will Fumble the Bag...And Everyone's RespectWhen we first heard the news, we thought the band was securing the bag. Nope.Lawrence Ware
Warning! 5 Things Black People Need to Really Pay Attention To When Trump Says ThemWe’re just weeks from Donald Trump taking office again, and he’s keeping up his threatening rhetoric.Madison J. Gray
18 Places You Might Find a Karen Causing a Ruckus this SummerBlack people raise your cellphones in the air, it's Karen season. Not even your own home is safe from a Karen tantrum.Kalyn Womack
If Lift Every Voice Has Got to Go, Then So Do TheseWhy, during Black History Month no less, are white people still insisting there should only be ONE National Anthem?Whitney Roberts
By Sending Migrants North, DeSantis & Abbott Are Wannabe George WallacesThe two governors may seem like cartoon villains, but they're actually something far more insidious.Keith Reed
Kamala Harris Tweets 'Enjoy the Long Weekend' and White People Who Call Other People 'Snowflakes' Got Reeeaally TriggeredLet’s be very real about one thing: For all of their claims that liberals are easily offended “snowflakes,” white conservatives are undoubtedly the most overly sensitive, perpetually triggered, crying-over-nothing-est people in the world.Zack Linly
A Karen Found His Way Into My Voicemail. Here's What Happened NextThere's something about writing specifically for a Black audience that triggers entitled people.Keith Reed
The Root's Clapback Mailbag: Was It Something I Said?Each Friday, we clap back at readers' emails, DMs, tweets and messages. We do it because we care.Michael Harriot
The Root's Clapback Mailbag: Respectfully...Each Friday, we clap back at readers' emails, DMs, tweets and messages. We do it because we care.Michael Harriot
The Root's Clapback Mailbag: I'll Try It Your WayEach Friday, we clap back at readers' emails, DMs, tweets and messages. We do it because we care.Michael Harriot
We Outside: Who Says Off-Road Racing and Black People Don't Mix?If this pandemic has taught us anything, it's to venture outside of our comfort zones and live our best lives—racial stereotypes be damned.Jay Connor
Fani Willis Can't Make Mistakes as a Professional Black Woman, But Trump Should be President?Trump is nursing 91 felony counts and four prosecutions, and he's still a front runner for the White House next year.Dustin J. Seibert
