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Watch: This Is How New Legislation Puts Sex Workers in Danger
For Womenâs History Month, Jezebel and The Root are partnering for JezeRoot, a series that focuses on women of color, domestic workers and sex workers. Earlier this month, a bill passed that can significantly impact the safety of U.S. sex workers. The Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act cleared the House and Senate on March 21…
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Watch: More Black Children Are Turning to Suicide, so What Can We Do About It?
Ashawnty Davis attempted to take her own life by hanging in November 2017. Two weeks later, the 10-year-old succumbed to her injuries. Days after Ashawntyâs death, 8-year-old Imani McCray hanged herself in her New Jersey home. And weeks earlier, 11-year-old Rylan Thai Hagan hanged himself from the bunk bed in his familyâs Washington, D.C., home.…
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Watch: Police Released Footage of Stephon Clarkâs Killing, but Will It Help Bring Justice?
There are a lot of questions running through my mind after I reluctantly watched the execution of yet another unarmed black man by police. How can a white iPhone be mistaken for a gun? Why were 20 shots fired at an unarmed man in a matter of seven seconds? Why did officers continue to yell,…
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Watch:Â Trumpâs Recent Speech Proves He Doesnât Care About Black People
President Donald Trump made a very startling appearance in Moon Township, Pa., last week in support of Republican state Rep. Rick Saccone, who was running for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. (With only a handful of absentee ballots remaining to be counted, Saccone appears to have lost to Democratic candidate Conor Lamb.)…
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Watch: Jordan Peeleâs Untelevised Oscars Speech Is Everything We Never Knew We Needed
Jordan Peele made history Sunday night when his film Get Out won an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay. Peele, who was only the fourth black writer to ever be nominated for best original screenplay, became the first African American to take home the award in the category. Yes, 90 years later, âfirstsâ are still happening,…
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Watch: Will Shuri Save Wakanda in the Black Panther Sequel?
I donât know about you, but Iâm ready for another trip to Wakanda. While a sequel to Black Panther hasnât been confirmed yet, Marvel Studios President Keith Feige told Variety that heâs hopeful there will be a second Black Panther movie, and he âabsolutelyâ wants director Ryan Coogler to helm the sequel. While on the…
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Watch: This Is What Itâs Like to Be a Black Girl in a White Ballet World
Isabella Soto has big dreams of becoming a principal dancer at the American Ballet Theatre. âI saw The Nutcracker when I was 2 years old and I said I really want to do this,â said the 11-year-old. By age 5, Isabella had already realized there werenât many dancers who looked like her in the world…
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Watch: As Flint, Mich., Literacy Rates Plummet, Is Poisoned Water to Blame?
New data shows that less than 11 percent of Flint, Mich., children are proficient in reading. According to the Michigan Department of Education, reading rates have significantly dropped since the start of the Flint water crisis in 2014, from 41.6 percent to 10.7 percent. Could the lead-contaminated water be to blame? Watch above.
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Watch: Did Donald Trump Really Bring Down Black Unemployment?
For someone who likes to call out âfake news,â 45 is the king of misinformation. In the past few weeks, Donald Trump has repeatedly tried to take credit for the steadily declining black unemployment rate. But is it true? Watch above.
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Watch: The Root Editor-in-Chief Danielle Beltonâs Got 10 on It
The Root just turned 10! To celebrate, some of our nearest and dearest will sit in the hot seat to answer 10 burning questions. First up is our very own editor-in-chief, Danielle Belton. Watch above.
