Why TIME Magazine's New Elon Musk Cover Should Scare the Hell Out of UsHe is not the one in charge. He is just the attack dog of Agent Orange.Lawrence Ware
Black Folks Have Been Calling for A Boycott and It's Happening on February 28th. Here's The TeaLawrence Ware
Elon Musk Backing Trump's Anti-DEI Stance In Wake of Deadly D.C. Crash Is Not Just Wrong, It's DangerousMadison J. Gray
Why Is 'DEI' Such a Dirty Word to Trump? The Answer Has Been Right There For YearsOne only needed look at Trump's administration the during his first go-round.Lawrence 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
Where Is Obama When We Need Him??Can we blame America’s first Black president for not saying too much right now?Ernest Owens
The Grammys Have Always Dismissed Black Artists, and We Shouldn't Expect Better This YearWhen the Grammys fail to appreciate the work of black artists, we should not be outraged. We should consider it an honor.Lawrence Ware
Why Are Our Black Leaders So Damn Quiet in the Face of Trump's Destruction?From Raphael Warnock to Barack Obama, Black leaders have been mum. Better still, who exactly can we call on as Black leaders in 2025?Lawrence Ware
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