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“We need to talk about the women,” said Lizzo in her first-ever Vogue cover story earlier this week. She was…

“I just want people to know the date 1619,” is what New York Times investigative journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones told…

Autumn has only just begun, but 2020 has already been a study in contrasts: Some of us have taken to the streets,…

We’ve long suspected Issa Rae might be the busiest Black woman in Hollywood—but unbelievably, she’s equally a…

In the three years since the Me Too movement entered mainstream discourse, much progress has been made—namely,…

In 1974, Cicely Tyson simultaneously earned her first and second Primetime Emmy awards (for Best Lead Actress in a…

She’s bumped up the “Tempo,” brought the “Juice,” and keeps us feeling “Good as Hell” even when the “Truth Hurts.”…

In the upside-down we currently live in, a racist, sexist grifter who has already proven woefully incompetent for…

Fashion Week ended less than a week ago, but at least one spring collection is already sparking drama. Burberry’s…

They’re activists, artists, athletes, entertainers, entrepreneurs, leaders, and above all else, influencers. ‘Tis…

If nothing else, our past two election cycles have made abundantly clear that in order to truly make substantive…

On Sunday night, fans of the long-running sitcom Friends were treated to a mini-reunion when Jennifer Aniston,…

You know, here at The Root, we like to call a thing a thing. For instance, if you support a president who…

Did ABC execs insist on removing segments of The View co-host Sunny Hostin’s new memoir, I Am These Truths? As…

There are many qualities to love in HBO’s Lovecraft Country. There’s the centering—and survival—of Black characters…

As racial unrest and black boxes sprang forth in abundance in early June, Condé Nast Artistic Director Anna Wintour…

Plunging necklines. Shimmering sequins. Tailored tuxes. They may not have made their way onto a red carpet this…

Did you miss the stylish spectacle of the Wearable Art Gala this year? Are you quietly a fan of “Ms. Tina’s Corny…

The jury may still be out on whether Lil Nas X will score another cultural zeitgeist like “Old Town Road,” but the…

When one door closes, another door opens. So too, do the seasons; as summer began, we were lamenting the…