From the Root

It's not "just" hair

Welcome to From the Root, a blog aiming towards celebration of natural hair and Black culture while discussing racial and gendered issues

If they had been listening

"For those just tuning into the movement, you're late" A non-comprehensive list of deaths at the hands of police in the U.S. since Eric...

Published by The Root “Self-agency, power, acceptance” Last Thursday, Pressley delivered a powerful, vulnerable message published by The...

"What better way to connect with someone than through their hair?" Managing College life with academic work alone can be draining but...

I was born in a city My mother and her sisters swaddled me In the Egyptian cotton their Black brothers had picked from the plantations...

“It’s not just a hair thing, it’s a self-love thing” Despite the overwhelming majority of Asian-owned hair supply stores and white owned...

Jordan Peele’s black thriller phenomenon, “Us,” is making a new and unanticipated mark on film. The enticing trailer introduces a black...

As we near the end of Black History Month and approach the start of Women's History Month, it seems appropriate to highlight the...

The Play-book of a master manipulator: Lure, charm, ensnare, lie, coerce, abuse, lie some more, compliment, abuse again, threaten,...

This past year has had its many ups and downs, many celebrities have outed themselves as racist, Trump is still our president and Kanye...

Perspective is everything. The media, unfortunately, has the power to control our perspective. The media has control by default. Citizens...