Raise your hand if you count yourself among those of us who are ready to go ahead and purchase Omarosa’s new book even though it pains us to support someone who so willingly sold out her own people, but we will do it anyway because the tea is scalding at this point.

As the resident Cardi B stan here at The Root, I fully understand that not everyone is here for her, and not everyone has an appreciation for her style.

We’ve all heard people say that those with Afrocentric or non-European sounding names stand a greater chance of being eliminated early in the job-hunting process. There are even some who suspect that their name is why they never got a call back after submitting their resume, but I believe this is the first time I have…

Federal Communications Commission chairman Ajit Pai is going to have some explaining to do when he appears before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation on Thursday morning at a hearing titled “Oversight of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).”

No matter what the current president has been accused of, his loyal press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders has been right there to spin it into something else. She is either part Tasmanian devil or tornado. I haven’t figured out which, but her spin is so swift and powerful as to blow everyone in the press room into…

I’m sitting here grossing myself out and trying to figure out if I have ever seen a picture that shows a close-up shot of U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ crotch. The reason I’m wondering if I have seen a picture of his crotch is that I have no doubt he has cajones the size of 10-pound bowling balls after this…

The White House is the perfect example of that parent that tells you what the rules are and how important they are for you to follow but then proceeds to break every single one of them right in your face. Then, when you question why you have to follow the rules that they so easily break, they give you some lame excuse…

Paul Manafort’s former right-hand man, Rick Gates, is somehwere in a private room with special counsel Robert S. Mueller III, doing his Minnie Ripperton impression—singing in his best four-octave coloratura soprano and hitting all the high notes, even the ones that only dolphins—or Mariah Carey—can interpret.

David Alan Grier says the secret to longevity in the comedy and acting game is being fun to work with.

Florida, man.

As of Thursday, the people of Flint, Mich., have gone 1,569 days without a clean and stable water system in their city. The lead service line is in the process of being replaced, and the government keeps telling the city that its water is safer now—but residents remain skeptical. Through it all, city and state…

Are you as tired of hearing these stories as we are? Do you understand how horrible it is that black people can’t even mind their own business and buy snacks in peace without people weaponizing the police against them? At what point are these phone calls going to be declared a crime? At what point will the callers be…

On Tuesday, Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller III celebrated his 74th birthday. On Wednesday, he got a late gift from Donald Trump’s legal team—a counter-offer to his request for an interview with the president as he continues his investigation into whether or not members of Trump’s campaign colluded with Russians in…

Say what you want about former Apprentice contestant Omarosa Manigault-Newman, but that woman knows how to play the game, she plays it well, and she plays it to her advantage.

Cardi B fans rejoice! The new mom has announced her first performance after giving birth to her daughter Kulture, and it will be at the Mala Luna Festival in San Antonio, Texas, this October.

Over the weekend, activists allied with Black Lives Matter Sacramento showed up at a wedding event for Officer Terrence Mercadal, one of the two officers who shot and killed 22-year-old Stephon Clark as he stood in the backyard of his grandparents home, holding a cellphone.

Remember that time Fox News host Laura Ingraham got upset that “someone who gets paid $100 million a year to bounce a ball” would dare have an opinion on the politics going on in the country he was born in, raised in, lives in and pays taxes in—so she said LeBron James and any other NBA player with an opinion on Trump…

By now, you should have already heard all about Queen Beyoncé being on the cover of the September issue of Vogue magazine, telling Clover Hope—Culture Editor of our sister site, Jezebel—her innermost thoughts on everything from giving birth to Sir and Rumi to her feelings on her post-pregnancy body.

It has been nearly eight months since the Federal Communications Commission repealed the net neutrality that keep the internet open and free for everyone, and the repeal officially went into effect on June 11. As lawmakers in individual states do their part to try and ensure net neutrality is still a reality for their…

When children reach the age of 18, they are expected to know exactly what they want to do for the rest of their lives. The field they choose guides the decisions they make as to what college they should attend and what field they should major in once they get there.