A collection of The Root's best posts of the week in culture
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"If I can be Whoopi Goldberg, she can be whoever the hell she wants to be.”
Malia premiered her short film at Sundance with her new name, and the Internet has thoughts.
Former speechwriter to Vice President Kamala Harris explores the Black history of the White House for The Root.
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Hear some historians tell it, several former presidents might’ve been hiding their race. It’s Presidents’ Day, so we…
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The Republican playbook during such a vital race is known for discriminatory comments.
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The man behind former President George W. Bush and the "War on Terror" is debunking this Michelle Obama conspiracy…
The lone Republican challenger to Donald Trump is seeking protection in the wake of swatting incident.
The former South Carolina Governor downplayed racism in Charleston Church shooting, said Texas seceding was cool by…
Don't be surprised if you see a "Surviving Trey Songz" documentary one day.
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From Robert E. Lee to Eugene "Bull" Connor to David Duke, here are the people who've terrorized Black Americans…
As we enter BHM and look back at the leaders of the civil rights movement in the Nat Geo series "Genius," here's a…
Mari Copeny reached out to the two warring stars to get them to donate to the Flint Water Crisis. It didn't go well.
Trump is nursing 91 felony counts and four prosecutions, and he's still a front runner for the White House next year.
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A collection of our best posts of the culture this week
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"I am an African American woman who has a point of view. We're in a democracy those points of views are allowed,"…
In honor of her 60th birthday, we had to show a little love to our Forever First Lady, Michelle Obama, who keeps…
Forget 'OscarsSoWhite,' it was 'EmmysSoBlack' on Monday night--a fitting change of pace in commemoration of Martin…
Channel your inner detective with some of our favorite whodunnits.