Ta-Nehisi Coates is one of those people who always have something smart to say, because he’s actually really, really…
The body of Sgt. La David Johnson, the U.S. soldier killed in Niger in the deadliest combat mission during President…
Welcome to Bizarro World. In less than a year in office, “President” Donald Trump has chosen an anti-climate-change…
San Juan, Puerto Rico, Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz has been having a tough couple of weeks, to say the least. Not only…
While most of America was paying attention to President Donald Trump slamming a multibillion-dollar sports industry…
And another prominent person in the Trump regime bites the dust.
Now playing
There are very few times that I’ve ever found myself agreeing with the rhetoric of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.…
On July 5, 1969, a group of musicians waited in the wings in London’s Hyde Park before singing at a free concert.…
If it wasn’t bad enough that the current president is a horrible evil racist with dictator ambitions, former…
On Friday, President Shitty von HateFace decided to clap back at Republican Sen. Bob Corker of Tennessee, who…
Hennessy is a criminally overrated cognac. I maintain that it’s actually more fun to say “Hennessy” than it is to…
We all know that President Tiny Fingas can’t control himself when it comes to social media. Like a teenage girl…
President Donald Trump is becoming a master at the nonspeech speech, and nothing says nonspeech like Monday’s…
Now playing
This week, we’ve been faced with more Donald Trump make-believe. In a delayed press conference after the tragic…
When I was in the seventh grade, my dad gave me firm instructions to come home after school. My middle school was…
I wish this were a joke. Seriously, I wish that the president of the White Walkers wasn’t this shallow and…
Because Donald Trump has no clue what the hell he’s doing in office, and because no one in his staff can keep his…
Now playing
The Be Like series on The Root focuses on the commonalities we all share when it comes to various topics. Thus far…
The president of dividing the United States is at again. If he isn’t on Twitter sending out transphobic, racist,…
Early Friday morning, the seven-year effort by Republicans to repeal Obamacare came to a thundering end—at least for…