The ‘vile’ side of humanity William Golding saw in World War II haunts his famous novel. He later came to dislike the book, ...

Honoring Reverend Jesse Jackson: a leader who bridged hope and realism, rejecting false binaries in pursuit of justice and reconciliation.

Black History Month is not only a time to honor past victories, it is also a time to recover moral frameworks that feel endangered in the present.

This year, starting Wednesday, Muslim families will fast from dawn to dusk, and mosques are opening their doors to neighbors ...

Kipling contrasts fleeting “marketplace gods” with timeless moral wisdom.Ignoring lessons like pride, roots, and virtue risks societal collapse.Moder ...

Larry Carbone offers an insider's perspective on the ethics of using animals in invasive research, the need for more ...

The Root Exclusive Series: Black History Month was established 100 years ago, in February 1926. To commemorate this momentous ...

Instead of the usual announcements or immediate lessons, a projector screen at the front of the classroom plays a pravachan ...

Life is a powerful teacher—but it is also an expensive one. Some lessons arrive only after loss, regret, or years of emotional wear. Experience teaches, yes, but it often teaches late, quietly, and ...

Princess Carolyn delivers the quietly devastating line, “You need to take responsibility for your own happiness,” to BoJack Horseman, cutting to the core of his self-destruction and his reliance on ...

A young woman with an unimaginably grotesque face checks into a hospital for facial corrective treatments. No, that's not the setup for some off-color joke—it's the premise for one of the most famous ...