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Jordan Davis Killer Convicted of 1st-Degree Murder
There is finally justice for 17-year-old Jordan Davis, the young man gunned down by Michael Dunn after a verbal dispute over loud music in a Jacksonville, Fla., gas station in November 2012. Dunn was found guilty of first-degree murder by a jury of eight men and four women who deliberated just five-and-a-half hours. A different…
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Watch: Making of Time Is Illmatic Documentary
Time Is Illmatic, a documentary released for the 20th anniversary of Nas’ debut album, Illmatic, is opening in select theaters. The Root sat down with the fillmmakers, Erik Parker and One9, to hear the story behind the creative process of making the film.
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Can Crowdfunding Finance Your Dream?
Bill Duke, director of the highly acclaimed documentary Dark Girls, joins The Root Live: Bring It to the Table on Wednesday, Oct. 1, to talk about his experience with crowdfunding. The Root Live, sponsored by Prudential, is a weekly video series tackling financial concerns in the African-American community. Duke is joined in the discussion by Denmark…
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The Root 100 Adds a People’s Choice Award, Voted on by Readers
Each year The Root receives hundreds of nominations for selection to our annual list of high achievers and influencers, ages 25-45, known as The Root 100. For each of the past four years we have honored 100 individuals in the fields of politics, business, entertainment, social justice, law and science. It’s always tough leaving out so…
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How Not to Go Broke Getting a College Education
The Root Live: Bring It to the Table returns Wednesday, Sept. 24, with a highly informative discussion about ways to get a college education without going broke. The Root Live, sponsored by Prudential, is a weekly video series tackling financial concerns in the African-American community. Since higher education is a priority for many African-American families, this is…
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Everything You Were Afraid to Ask About Love
If you ask Demetria Lucas what she thinks, be prepared for a jolt of raw reality. For the past few years life coach Lucas has dished out advice on everything from bad BFFs, falling for your FWB (friend with benefits) and freaky sex at her website, A Belle in Brooklyn, and in her column, Ask…
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Charles Blow on the Complexity of the Black Male Experience
New York Times columnist Charles M. Blow’s new memoir, Fire Shut Up in My Bones, is scheduled for release Tuesday. So far, headlines about the book have focused almost entirely on one thing: Blow’s grappling with his attraction to other men. The author says that’s fair and that the attention to the issue is understandable.…
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Stephen King, Courtney B. Vance and Gloria Reuben Featured in Tuesday’s Season Premiere of Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Since the premiere of his groundbreaking series African American Lives (2006) and through the first season of Finding Your Roots (2012), noted Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. has been helping people discover long-lost relatives hidden for generations within the branches of their family trees. Tomorrow, in the second-season premiere of Finding Your Roots With…
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Courtney B. Vance Discovers a Rebellious Slave in His Family Tree
In their book Friends: A Love Story, actor Courtney B. Vance and his actress wife, Angela Bassett, laid bare their seven-year struggle with infertility, along with their unwavering faith that they would someday conceive a child. They ultimately gave birth to twins, Bronwyn Golden and Slater Josiah, with the help of a surrogate. Through his…
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Actor Malik Yoba Shares the Roots of His Social Consciousness
The Root Live: Bring It the Table returns Wednesday, Sept. 17, with a dynamic discussion about the cost of social activism. The Root Live, sponsored by Prudential, is a weekly video series tackling financial concerns in the African-American community. In the second episode of the series, The Root contributing editor and host Harriette Cole is joined…
Black News and Black Views with a Whole Lotta Attitude
