Over the past several years, the term “self-care” has been gaining popularity—according to Google Trends, the number of searches for “self-care” has more than doubled since 2015. But what, specifically, is self-care? The term is over- and misused, meaning many people don’t quite understand exactly what it means. Does…
Given how many tears and anguished faces filled the room during a recent “community conversation” in Eureka, Mo., last week, you’d think someone had died tragically. Naw, it wasn’t really that deep. Just a bunch of white parents complaining about their kids learning about racism and how they feel hurt by the…
Content warning: The following article discusses mental illness and SI.
This may be one of the most horrific stories that The Root has ever reported.
Students at an Arizona high school have been disciplined after a short video of them reenacting the murder of George Floyd began circulating on Twitter.