The Root

The beginning of the year is a time when many people take stock of their closets and try to lend a bit of order to what are notoriously organization-challenged spaces. If you’re one of those people, you might want to consider some of these low-cost but big-impact upgrades to your closet!Read more...

On Oct. 14, 2019, 12-year-old Akeelah Jackson was returning to her St. Louis home from a Family Dollar store. As she crossed the street, an unidentified St. Louis County police officer was pursuing a traffic violation at 59 mph on a street zoned for 30 mph, according to the St. Louis American.Read more...

I’m often skeptical when I hear people say shit like, “We just need to let the old people die out, then racism will be a thing of the past.” Mainly because those racists have kids. Kids who often turn around and do things like this.Read more...

So if the last couple years or so have made something apparent, it’s that white people love calling the police over bullshit. I think it’s up there with reruns of The Office and putting marshmallows in dishes that clearly don’t need it as their top three favorite things. Seriously though, fruit salad is perfectly…Read more...

In the last few years, the topic of cash bail has come under renewed scrutiny. The practice inordinately affects the poor and communities of color. Luckily, the city of San Francisco has taken a huge step towards reform.Read more...

West Mifflin, Penn., community members called for the firing of two police officers caught on video last month violently yanking back the head of a 15-year-old girl on a school bus.Read more...

More than half a million Americans experienced homelessness in 2019—a number that has slowly ticked upward in recent years. Of the families that make up that number, the Annual Homeless Assessment Report to Congress finds that 52 percent are black.Read more...

The longer I look at Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), the more he goes from being the radical old white guy with the alternative ideas to the white guy who’s way too comfortable around black people. You know, the white guy who was in the all-black church choir, the one who went against the grain in high school and…Read more...

School is supposed to be a sanctuary, but for the family of Malachi McFadden it’s become a source of frustration and anger after the DeKalb County School District has declined to cover medical expenses for injuries the 15-year-old suffered at the hands of his teacher.

Megyn Kelly is the human embodiment of not having a fucking clue.Read more...

Haven’t made it to Washington, D.C., to see forever president and first lady Barack and Michelle’s portraits yet? Not to worry; they may be coming to a city near you.Read more...

President Trump has been clear since day one that he will not be the president of all Americans. In fact, he’s been pretty clear since the beginning that he only planned to represent white supremacist men. If you think that a person like this would have had a hard time being elected, you’d be forgetting two things:…Read more...

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The Antonio Brown saga has taken a predictable, if not unfortunate, turn.Read more...

The NBA may already be the most stylish league in sports, but it’s about to get even more fashionable. On Wednesday, it joined Louis Vuitton in announcing a multiyear partnership; the first and only between the French luxury house and an American sports league. The collaboration will launch with a new,…Read more...

Turns out Serena Williams’ hip flexors are every bit as blessed as Megan Thee Stallion’s knees.Read more...

Zion Williamson is a force of nature, and for three agonizing months, millions of sports junkies throughout the world waited with bated breath for Coach K’s pride and joy to unleash a tsunami upon the NBA.Read more...

Imagine being such a trash-ass parent that you exploit your daughter’s wedding with a series of paid and staged photo-ops (but then manage to call out sick for the wedding itself); subsequently leak her private correspondence to the press; later threaten to testify against your own child in her battle for privacy from…Read more...

Have you ever been to a rave? I have and it’s exactly what you’d expect: loud music, lots of footwork, glow sticks and drugs. But what’s most impressive about a rave is how long they are and how sweaty everyone gets because the whole room gets hot because of all the non-stop dancing.

Minnesota Lynx star and four-time WNBA champion Maya Moore is widely considered one of the most elite players in the game. Which makes her decision to sit out for a second season all the more noteworthy.Read more...

LGBTQ “panic” defenses have long been a controversial part of the legal system. It effectively absolves blame from the perpetrator of a crime and places it on the victim instead. Luckily, these kinds of defenses are slowly but surely being banned across the country.Read more...

It’s not unusual for schools to have dress codes. I remember my school basically saying don’t wear gang insignia, baggy pants, “If you see the police, WARN A BROTHER!” shirts and things of that nature. A high school in Texas has a dress code, though, that doesn’t seem to account for black hair.Read more...

“True crime” has long been a popular genre of television—and as it’s grown in popularity, an increasingly sensationalist one. All too often, it desensitizes us to the fact that behind the gory details are real lives lost, communities in crisis, and broader cultural implications and circumstances that led to victims’…Read more...

If there is anyone who would know the sport of basketball, it is one Kobe Bean Bryant.Read more...

There comes a point in every full-throated internet or in-person defense of Tyler Perry when the arguments begin to sound like justifications for Amazon—or, well, Avon Barksdale.

“Music’s Biggest Night” has some major mess to clean up backstage.Read more...

In April of 1986, Geraldo Rivera hosted a two-hour live exclusive called, sadly, The Mystery of Al Capone’s Vaults, which was hyped up as an unveiling of whatever secrets the former mob boss left behind. Some 30 million people tuned in to watch what everyone believed was going to be a bounty of riches. After building…Read more...

When Marshawn Lynch stood at that podium a little over a week ago and cautioned his fellow NFL players to “start taking care of y’all mentals, y’all bodies and y’all chickens and y’all will,” he spoke a real word because at the end of the day, it’s highly likely every professional football player wants to “be able to…Read more...

I’ve never bought trendy headphones.Read more...

The first day of the impeachment trial was longer than the church service when you didn’t have breakfast. The first day of the impeachment trial was longer than the line at the DMV. The first day of the impeachment trial was so long (13 hours!) that we are sure you stopped watching, so we watched all of it. OK, fine.…Read more...

Déjà vu all over again seems to be the theme of Coco Gauff’s Australian Open. The 15-year-old sensation opened the major tournament on Monday with a match against Venus Williams—a replay of the showdown that vaulted her into the international spotlight last year when she upset the seven-time Grand Slam winner. Now,…Read more...

Stop me if you’ve heard this before, but Antonio Brown is in the news again.Read more...

The impeachment trial for Russia’s favorite operative Donald J. Trump has started and New York Rep. Hakeem Jeffries is becoming the breakout star.

A MuscleTech Gold Box, NIVEA bundle, cat box bench, and a USB-C charger lead off Wednesday’s best deals from around the web.Read more...

I am one of the disrespectful negroes who returned to Ghana and left the rest of you unsuspecting negroes back in triflin’, dumb, and dirty-ass America, and was admonished, defriended, blocked, and unfollowed by Damon because of it. While I didn’t intend for my social media feeds to add to anyone’s…Read more...

It’s a brand new decade, but we have a familiar festival season!Read more...

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It feels like just Monday night I was talking about how U.S immigration policy is being drafted and enforced by white nationalists. Wait, it was just Monday? Aw shit, here we go again.Read more...

The Republican party is continuing its assault on anyone who’s not a straight, cisgender, white man. Their current target? Kids.Read more...

If you needed any more evidence that black people are more harshly punished by the legal system than their white counterparts, look no further than the case of 39-year-old and father of three, Willie Nash.

If you’re in the market for a new bestie, get you one like Serena Williams, who will answer any inappropriate question about you with “you tried it.”Read more...

The Senate impeachment trial of Russian Vice President Donald J. Trump began around 1 p.m. Tuesday, and here’s what’s happened and what we expect to happen on the first day.

The biggest night in music is coming up and, of course, a special tribute to Nipsey Hussle is scheduled to take place.Read more...

The orange boxes have dropped, the orders have been placed, and Beyoncé offered the rare Instagram caption on Monday, thanking fans, followers and faithful shoppers for making her Adidas x Ivy Park launch an unequivocal success, writing:Read more...

A video showing a Puerto Rican warehouse full of unused supplies—allegedly given to aid survivors in the aftermath of Hurricane María—has set off a political firestorm on the island, currently reeling from a series of earthquakes.Read more...

Federal grants are typically used by institutions in order to fund projects like medical innovations or research, but if you’re former Drexel University professor Chikaodinaka Nwankpa, why splurge on boring-ass engineering studies when you can ball out on strippers and iTunes?Read more...

Coco Gauff, the 15-year-old tennis phenom, beat tennis legend Venus Williams at a major tournament for the second year in a row on Monday, besting the 39-year-old seven-time Grand Slam winner in back-to-back sets (7-6 (5), 6-3,).Read more...

She slays, she plays and she stays atop headlines. And while Rihanna’s “Navy” continues to await her ninth album, the bad girl continues to deliver other unexpected pleasures. Her latest? A co-collaboration with i-D Magazine titled “Rihannazine” (of course).Read more...

Hillary Clinton tried to tell America that they “COULD’VE HAD A BAD BITCH, NON-COMMITTAL,” but America didn’t want to listen. Now, Clinton is continuing her “I’mma hit you back in a minute” tour and dragging Bernie Sanders’ ass under the Clinton campaign bus.

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