Jiang Xueqin, a Chinese-Canadian educator and writer, became a viral sensation after he correctly predicted Donald Trump’s presidential win and the war in Iran on his YouTube channel, Predictive ...

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In the early 1990s, Janet Jackson had us all wanting our own set of her “Poetic Justice”-era box braids. She appeared at the ...

As thousands of Americans board flights and fill buses bound for Alabama for the “All Roads Lead to the South” National Day of Action,” Black communities across the country are mobilizing to combat ...

Michael Jackson’s nephew, Taj Jackson, didn’t hold back on why MJ eclipsed his Jackson 5 bandmates in a brutally honest post ...

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The Root spoke exclusively with Rep. Shomari Figures (D-AL) about the impact of the Louisiana v. Callais decision on Black ...

Black Americans are mobilizing in Alabama for what organizers say could become one of the South’s largest voting rights demonstrations since the Civil Rights Movement. The “All Roads Lead to the South ...

February 2026 marked the 100th anniversary of Black History Month, a celebration of the outstanding contributions Black ...

Janet Jackson is turning 60! So what better time than any to take a look back at her best performances of all time? Let’s get ...

Gillis was then followed up by comedian and “roast master” Jeff Ross (also a white man), who called Hart a “crack baby that ...