The Root

Somewhere in this fine nation of ours, someone is worried that racists won’t be able to find a welcoming neighborhood to live in.Read more...

Chadwick Boseman has finally and truly gone home. His body has been laid to rest at the place of his origin.Read more...

Real recognizes real, and greatness knows who it holds company with. It’s no surprise, then, that champion gymnast Simone Biles was among those offering full-throated support to South African track star Caster Semenya, who lost an appeal last week to be able to compete as she was born.Read more...

In New York, Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren has fired the police chief and suspended two city officials due to their handling of Daniel Prude’s death.Read more...

In Cuties (Mignonnes), the lead character Amy (Fathia Youssouf) is on a journey to find herself while navigating both her traditional family and the rebellious girl group she joins. In the process, the 11-year-old girl begins to clarify what femininity, childhood and the exploration of her own transforming body mean…Read more...

If you are a chicken wing connoisseur—which I consider myself to be—you undoubtedly know the best wing spots in your city like you know your own face. You know the hours they’re open, the number of rubs and sauces available on their menus, the days they have specials, whether they provide free ranch and/or blue…Read more...

I grew up as a ‘90s hip-hop head, which means that I have an ironically romantic view of New York City. Though my musical palette tended to veer south (where I lived) and west (where the sounds seemed fit for driving), I knew that New York City was what made it all possible. Also, I say “ironically” because most of…Read more...

Look, man. I get it. We’ve all been pressed for cash.Read more...

It seems like the more popular the Black Lives Matter movement becomes in America, the more desperate white people are to discredit it. Usually, their go-to method of making the movement look bad (to other white people) is to take the absolute worst moments during BLM demonstrations—the rioting, the looting and that…Read more...

Attorneys for the family of Breonna Taylor, the 26-year-old emergency medical technician shot and killed by Louisville police in March, confirmed that they had reached a settlement with the city Tuesday.Read more...

Sometimes it’s hard to keep secrets when your actions speak for themselves.Read more...

When Milwaukee County declared racism a public health crisis last year, the news didn’t make a lot of waves.Read more...

Hey! Welcome back to another week in Lovecraft Country! Our fifth week’s episode—the first half of our midpoint in the season, and our most extensive analysis to date—was full of interruptions and metamorphoses (spoilers to follow): Ruby was plagued by interruptions, both as a Black woman and a white one; Tic’s…Read more...

Candace Owens is a special kind of bootlicker. There might not be another Black conservative who has dedicated as much of their platform to getting white people to pat them on the head for denying the existence of systemic racism. I can’t think of another Sunken Place resident who goes out of their way to oppose all…Read more...

In Taft, Okla., a group of protesters have gathered outside a local prison currently facing an outbreak of COVID-19.Read more...

In 2018, The Root reported on a recurring theme that we just can’t seem to escape: the fatal shooting of yet another unarmed Black person at the hands of police, but what made this particular instance so disturbing was that the victim, Antwon Rose Jr., was only 17 years old.Read more...

White people really stay looking for excuses to use the N-word. A university professor in Pennsylvania is on leave for not only using it in a class but giving students permission to do so as well.Read more...

South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg told police that he thought he hit a deer while driving Saturday night; turns out Ravnsborg hit and killed Joe Boever as he walked along the highway returning to his broken-down truck.

With the weeks beginning to blur into each other months ago, many of us may have forgotten that this is, in fact, New York Fashion Week. While none of us will (or should) be gathering in-person this season to see next spring’s fashion trends—especially since we still may not be going out much, come spring—our new…Read more...

Jonathan Majors has been having a year, y’all. Since breaking out in last year’s The Last Black Man in San Francisco, he’s been nonstop, nabbing a supporting role in Spike Lee’s Da 5 Bloods this summer and currently playing a lead role in HBO’s Lovecraft Country. Now, he’s set to take one of his biggest stages yet:…Read more...

Cop privilege is a thing. I can already hear the Blue Lives Matter crowd collectively rolling their eyes into the back of their heads at this statement, but let me explain.Read more...

OK, so let’s articulate the obvious: There will be no tents or stages at the Schomburg Literary Festival this year. There will be no road-tripping or traveling to New York City’s beloved Harlem or electric anticipation in the line for in-person author signings. There will be no flipping through the fresh, crisp pages…Read more...

This season’s trending colors? Red, black and green—or, at least they are this New York Fashion Week, which kicked off on Sunday with Pose star Indya Moore making their runway debut as the opener for Jason Wu’s presentation (h/t Harper’s Bazaar)—followed by Harlem’s Fashion Row’s 13th annual gala and runway…Read more...

One of the things I miss most about pre-pandemic life is doing hoodrat shit with my friends. Luckily, the good folks at Rockstar Games have made it easier to indulge my hoodrat ways without ever having to leave the home.Read more...

What do Gabrielle Union and the cast of Bring It On think about a sequel that reflects on the past 20 years? Well...bring it on!Read more...

Thanks to COVID-19, Sunday Funday isn’t really a thing anymore. But if you think something as silly as a global pandemic would stop the NFL from seizing control of our TV sets and putting its multi-million dollar assets to work, you’re sadly mistaken.Read more...

1. Why are you doing this?

It’s no secret that Trump is a COVID-19 denier. In fact, I don’t think there is any denier who has ever been on the right side of history. Not a Holocaust denier. Not a 9/11 denier. Not a Popeyes spicy chicken sandwich-will-fuck-your-stomach-up denier. None of them.

In today’s “Yep, water is still wet” news, a white woman displays her aversion to the very idea of minding her own business while a Black man can’t even do his job without a white person questioning whether he belongs where he is.Read more...

Days after a grand jury was empaneled to decide whether to investigate the police shooting of Breonna Taylor, supporters and activists marked the 6-month anniversary of her killing with 26 hours of prayer—one hour for every year of life the young emergency medical technician lived.Read more...

Do y’all feel that? Oh yes, it’s the unmatched warmth from the hug of a Black auntie.Read more...

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When the name of the game is nostalgia, there’s a delicate balance between reverence and levity.

To hear Trump tell it, he would’ve gotten away with everything had not been for those pesky Democrats. So if he wins the upcoming election in November, the president of people who put big-ass tires on little-ass trucks is going to immediately start working on how to run for a third term, because dictator.

After videos posted to social media on Saturday showed two officers from the Clayton County Sheriff’s Office in Georgia pinning a Black man to the street, punching him, and seemingly attempting to suffocate him, one of the cops in question has been fired.

Twenty-two year old tennis phenomenon Naomi Osaka won the U.S. Open tournament at Arthur Ashe Stadium in NYC on Saturday, netting her second U.S. Open title and her third Grand Slam win overall.

A pair of JBL LIVE 500BT wireless headphones, a Torteco wireless charging stand, 16GB of GeIL EVO X II RAM, an Anjou essential oil diffuser, a faux leather messenger bag, a TaoTronics ceramic heater and oscillating fan, a pair of Bluetooth TaoTronics magnetic earbuds, a set of Wanbasion knives, and men’s short and…Read more...

Toots Hibbert, the Grammy-winning Jamaican singer behind seminal reggae tracks like “Pressure Drop” and “54-46", died on Friday.

Days after he hopped on Instagram to tell people to use “all the money” they’ve gotten from the government during COVID-19 to buy property, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has revealed that Atlanta rapper and frequent bloviator T.I. will have to pay the government a fat sum of money as restitution for his…Read more...

A groundbreaking constitutional amendment that restored voting rights to about 775,000 people with former felonies in Florida has been devastatingly undercut by the 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, which ruled on Friday that the would-be voters must pay all fines and fees they may owe to the state if they want to…Read more...

In Michigan, a reward has been put out for information regarding a series of alleged hate crimes perpetrated against a Black family.Read more...

South African shops are pulling TRESemmé products off their shelves after widespread protests over an online ad denigrating Black hair.Read more...

If the fashion industry’s wide variety of responses to our current—and very crucial—racial conversation have revealed nothing else, it’s that some folks were woefully unprepared to engage in this much-needed dialogue. In some cases, watching companies scramble to find the appropriate response or redress has been…Read more...

Today’s mailbag is dedicated to the people who inform Black people on how to overcome racism. That’s why we’re all here, right?Read more...

It’s no secret that amid the racial uprisings that began in earnest this spring were parallel reckonings happening across industries, including entertainment, retail, tech and media. In fact, in June, we reported on the complaints raised against several well-known media imprints as current and former employees bravely…Read more...

More than ever before, professional athletes have committed themselves to serving as catalysts for change. And while we’ve seen superstars like LeBron James launch voting initiatives, or rookies like Grant Williams create a mentorship program for Black and Brown youth, Houston Rockets forward Robert Covington and…Read more...

The family of Tamla Horsford, a 40-year-old mother of five, is speaking out for the first time about her mysterious death at a 2018 slumber party in Forsyth County, Ga.Read more...

Today is your lucky day because the fact that you’re reading this means you got a two-for-one special of trailers this week! Yes, we are back to regularly scheduled Friday programming. Let’s get to it...Read more...

Every single day, I encounter people who project their unresolved trauma out on everyone else each time they open their mouths.Read more...

A new study has revealed that despite being disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, Black people are underrepresented in clinical trials for a vaccine.Read more...