2/18/2120 More Things I Cooked, Baked and Fried While Surviving the Pandemic, Pt. 2Can’t stop, won’t stop...making food!
2/15/2128 Days of Black Joy: Going Down South to 'Infinite' CousinsLike many a child of the Great Migration, all my extended family actually lived nowhere near me. My mother “escaped”…
1/23/21Exclusive: RHOA Star Kenya Moore and Marc Daly Call It Quits AgainThe on-again, off-again, played-out-in-front-of-the-cameras (sometimes) marriage of Brooklyn restaurateur Marc Daly…
1/12/21My Daily, Less-Than-5-Minute, Quarantine Skincare RoutineIt’s Big Beauty Tuesday here at The Glow Up, and in lieu of our regularly scheduled programming, there’s a glow I…
9/21/20 The Root Gets Together to Talk The Root InstituteWith heavy-hitters like Stacey Abrams and Ava DuVernay, The Root Institute was a must-watch online event this past…
8/27/20 'Let's Just Start A Dialogue': Actor Kelvin Harrison Jr. and Director Julius Onah Get the Conversation Going About Social JusticeDirector Julius Onah had no way of knowing back in 2019 how prescient his adaption of the play Luce would be in…
8/27/20Director Julius Onah and Actor Kelvin Harrison Jr. Talk Race and Aggressions—Both Micro and Macro—in Their Film LuceAs The Root Institute winds down for its final day, we’re happy to present a panel and film that is more relevant…
8/25/20Everybody Wants a Diversity and Inclusion Officer, but How Can They Reshape the Face of Corporate America?When protesters took to the streets in 2020, it was clear—the status quo wouldn’t do. There needed to be a change,…
8/18/20 'We Have Got to Make Sure We Are Flexing, Showing Our Power': Cory Booker Gets Political About Wealth Building in a Crisis at The Root InstituteFor Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) our economic plight is a political issue.
8/18/20 'We Don't Talk About This at Home': Taraji P. Henson Gets Real About Our Mental Health at The Root InstituteIn 2005, I was diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder while staying at UCLA’s medical center in Los Angeles for several…
8/18/20Taraji P. Henson Talks Mental Health, While Cory Booker Takes on the Health of Our Finances at The Root InstituteIt’s week three of The Root Institute, meaning it’s time to talk about the health of our minds and our finances…
8/11/20 Ava DuVernay Talks to The Root Institute on How She Creates Art that Makes A Difference“Art is the foundation of any movement,” is how director Ava DuVernay began our interview as we unpacked the…
8/11/20Ava DuVernay Gets Real About How Art Can Shape Perceptions at The Root InstituteA visionary film director with an activist’s spirit, Ava DuVernay makes art that is rooted in her conscious. From…
8/4/20 Fair Fight's Stacey Abrams on How We Can Protect Our Right to VoteThe right to vote is one that has been fought over, died over and challenged again and again, as it was expanded to…
8/4/20Welcome to The Root Institute, Featuring Interviews With Stacey Abrams, Cory Booker, Taraji P. Henson and Many MoreIt’s happening! A gathering of the minds—from politics featuring Stacey Abrams and Ayanna Pressley to entertainment…
7/8/20Goodbye Fertility: How I Pretty Much Ran Out the Clock on My OvariesA long, dusty time ago I saw an article title that jokingly—but seriously—said: “Oops, I Forgot to Have the Baby.”…
7/1/20 Wigging Out During the PandemicI have very nice hair. Coveted hair sometimes! Hair that people make a “big deal” about. Once, when my hair was down…