
In April, 19-year-old Amanda Gorman was named America’s first national youth poet laureate. The Los Angeles native…
In April, 19-year-old Amanda Gorman was named America’s first national youth poet laureate. The Los Angeles native…
She is a national treasure. Protect her at all costs.
One extraordinary man is proving that it’s never too late to turn your life around, going from convicted felon to…
You’ve heard it before. It is the most frequent response to any accusation of police brutality. It is the repeated…
Threat level: Minor
I’m actually amazed this documentary is even happening. Talking about an unknown black woman’s rape. Damn. This is the history we’re supposed to forget (like it was 400 years in the past), even though she’s still alive. Even moreso we’re supposed to forget it because it happened to someone ordinary and it was…
Why is talking about the reality of what Black women face anti-Black male? We are always told we’re being divisive when we talk about what’s going on. It’s a great way to silence us and nothing has to change. This has nothing to do with white people and what they want.
When they say black don’t crack, it is not a joke. She looks better than some 60 year olds.
I realize that talking about the aches and pains of getting older is a pretty cliché thing to do. But since I try to…
Nothing says “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” like criminalizing poor people for not wearing full night-time construction crew gear. Never mind that there aren’t street lights on that street (because that ain’t the dang government’s responsibility!)
ITA and their other tactic in deflection’s greatest hits: “MLK would have respected the anthem and flag!!!!” This twitter clown tried that with me re: Colin’s silent protest and said ‘you and Colin are angry hate-mongers’ I told him if a Black American is not angry they are not paying attention, and whites like him…
....if Sage Steele truly believes that all of the current NFL quarterbacks are better than Colin Kaepernick then I question her abilities as a sports journalist.
Like most of America, I’ve had a week. Whereas Charlottesville, Va., touched off a week of necessary discussions,…
David Moran (pictured right) is clearly hispanic.
Hi, guys. It’s me, the resident fat, beautiful black woman and writer from The Root coming to you with an important…
“HBCU advocates said they were confused by the president’s wording.