The word “obfuscate” means to make something unclear, confusing or difficult to understand. It is a verb and can either be ...

The Root, the last remaining outlet under G/O Media ownership, has been sold. The site was acquired by Ashley Allison, a ...

Over the years, The Root’s trajectory was marked by shifts in ownership: sold by The Washington Post Company to Univision in 2015, then acquired by G/O Media in 2019. Now, Allison becomes the first ...

Joe Root has welcomed the elevation of his Yorkshire team-mate Harry Brook to the vice-captaincy of England’s Test side and ...

Even if you’re not a Swiftie, or don’t even know what a Swiftie is, you probably know about the Aug. 26 joint post by Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce breaking ...

Siren — In Greek mythology, a siren is a half-woman, half-bird creature that lures sailors to their watery deaths by way of ...

Have you heard the phrase, “out-of-joint”? There’s more to those words than just a physical malady, and it can be equally as painful.

What transforms everyday anger into lasting resentment? Psychology research reveals the hidden mechanisms behind our most ...

Out of all the scary moments for the future of health and well-being in the United States, the nation’s president standing up ...

Root wrote that not all stories will lend themselves to popping wordplay, and that writing good heads isn’t easy. But, she added, headline writers can seize the humor and take chances when ...

The filament structure of the universe is strikingly congruent, in a topological sense, to the axon-neuronic structure of the ...

The experimental bassoonist, composer and artist performs at Bread & Salt's Silo Room on the heels of her new album "Five ...