Gorman cautions parents to be awake to the rise in book bans across the country, which will primarily impact children of middle and low-income families.

Most Black Americans have never heard of the Red Summer of 1919…but it is an element of Black history that we need to pay attention to. This country specializes in committing monstrous atrocities and ...

It’s Kendrick Lamar’s world and we’re all living in it. Fresh off his five Grammy wins, Lamar just performed at the 2025 Super Bowl Apple Music Halftime Show, breaking the internet for the umpteenth ...

Black people across social media couldn't get enough of Lamar's explosive performance at the Super Bowl in New Orleans.

In a striking white gown and backed by a New Orleans youth choir, The Root 100 honoree brought the house down with her out-of-this-world vocals, doing incredible justice to the historic and powerful ...

John Sheeran was only 14 years old when he and another Mass. teen bullied a Black kid to the point of near death. The Root previously reported two Cape Cod teens, including Sheeran, threatened to ...

From Greg Gumbel to Robin Roberts, these Black sportscasters have done an excellent job of sharing and narrating the sports ...

Everything from the lights going out in the Superdome, to the New England Patriots 28-3 comeback against the Atlanta Falcons.

In a previous clip of the commercial, the New Orleans MC revealed that he won't be attending the Super Bowl in his hometown.

Tameka 'Tiny' Harris formed the OMG Girlz in 2009 and has now won a lawsuit for MGA Entertainment copying the look that she created.

The Critic Choice Awards means another red carpet for celebrities to show off and we are all for it. There were those who ...

For West, AI gives him the chance to show the world its possibilities. “It’s time for me to explain to people the power of AI in music,” he said. Ye even played an unreleased song. On the track, Kanye ...