Katie has a PhD in maths, specializing in the intersection of dynamical systems and number theory. She reports on topics from maths and history to society and animals. Katie has a PhD in maths, ...

(The Root) — This image is part of a weekly series that The Root is presenting in conjunction with the Image of the Black in Western Art Archive at Harvard University’s W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for ...

In the modern day, we may think of Feminism and equal rights between the sexes as a recent phenomenon, but in Ancient Egypt, women had a whole lot going for them. Able to own property, initiate ...

It’s a fairly customary practice now among women—and, I suspect, especially black women—to sew in, glue in or have full-head weaves attached to their hair when they are buried. But because it seems ...