The Root

Black people have had a significant impact on every aspect of life. From entertainment to sports to politics, to business, we’ve made this world a better place. Sadly, 2024 has seen us lose some of th...

In an election year, getting celebrities involved in politics can help with voter turnout and engagement, but it can also lead to more misinformation being passed around. Not all celebs will take the ...

Perhaps the only brand of politics more polarizing than a presidential election is church politics. While Texas’ Gateway Megachurch strangely ran through several pastors in only two months, now a cont...

James Brown also heralded as “The Godfather of Soul” and “The Hardest Working man in Show Business” left an extraordinary legacy after his passing in 2006. With a colorful and extravagant persona, Bro...

Television personality Judge Greg Mathis recently shared personal insight on his marriage, detailing the cause for his divorce with his wife Linda Reese, who filed for divorce on Aug. 22, with their s...

Since the beginning of time, cultural debates have left our country polarized – Republican or Democrat, Coke or Pepsi, iPhone or Android and Biggie or Tupac are just a few of the topics that can kick ...

All good stories that keep people’s attention until the end are the ones with insane plot twists. No, we’re not talking fictional tales. Real life humans do things that make us say, “Wait, what?!” Whe...

A typical, slow evening shift this month inside a Manhattan pizzeria turned into a nightmare after a defiant customer refused to take his pit bull outside. Believe me… whatever you think happened, wha...

Scandal has swept the nation’s capital after the protege of D.C.’s “Mayor for Life” was arrested and charged with scamming over $156,000 this year. Read more…