5 Takeaways From Trump’s Congressional Address That Black Folks Better Watch CloselyThe president blathered for almost two hours, but there were some things which were important in the circus of chaos.Madison J. Gray
Why Folks Are Pissed at Hakeem Jeffries' Statements About Trump and His MAGA RepublicansLawrence Ware
Black Folks Have Been Calling for A Boycott and It's Happening on February 28th. Here's The TeaLawrence Ware
Why Violent College Hazing Has Some Black Folks Calling to Shut All Black Frats and Sororities Down At a time when Black institutions are under attack, we shouldn’t act like everyone else.Ernest Owens
Kill the Hate...Give Dawn Staley Her Flowers This March MadnessThe University of South Carolina's head basketball coach deserves every bit of the props her detractors refuse to give her.Wayne Washington
Why Video of White Woman Dragged Out of Republican Event Is A Terrifying Sign For Black AmericaThe viral video has Black folks buzzing about how it would've been far worse had it been a Black woman.Wayne Washington
A Detailed Analysis on Whether Kendrick Lamar is the Greatest Rapper of All TimeEveryone is talking about it on social media, but the answer might surprise you.Lawrence Ware
Why Black People Need to Stop Acting Like 'The Wiz' Is A Good Movie Just Because Michael Jackson, Diana Ross Are In ItIf you’re like most millennial Black folks, your aunts, uncles and grandparents had this film on constant rotation. And it’s understandable why.Lawrence Ware
Why A One-day Boycott Isn't It and How We Can Do Better Than ThisCompare this economic boycott to some of our most effective and historic protests...the differences are glaring.Lawrence Ware
Tea On Why NYC Mayor, Trump’s Black Toy Soldier, Should Have Already Been Fired, But Governor Messed UpIn a bid to escape his legal troubles, Adams has very publicly become the Trump administration’s Black … fill-in-the-blank.Byron Washington-Douglass
The Powerful Reason Why White Folks Are Afraid of A Possible American Dystopia, But Black Folks Say 'Bring It On!'Black people have proven that we can, and will, thrive anywhere.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
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
