Est. 2008 · Online
The Root
The Root
Co-founded by Henry Louis Gates Jr. and edited over the years by some of the sharpest cultural critics writing in English. The Root brings a scholar’s eye to the news cycle and a comedian’s pen to the thinkpiece.
It reads the country its own diary back — and refuses to look away.
Getting covered here
What they cover
News, politics, and cultural criticism with a sharp editorial voice.
Whether it fits you
Not a product-launch outlet. Pitch here when your business sits inside a bigger argument about race, money, or power in America.
How to reach them
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