WABE Arts spotlights the 19th year of “Capturing the Spirit of Oakland” and, ahead of ONE Musicfest 2025, a conversation with Grammy Award-winning artist Tariq “Black Thought” Trotter of The Roots.

Redman is looking back on a moment that left him feeling "actually hurt": when The Roots passed on using his verse for one of their projects. During a recent conversation with Black Thought for ...

Black-owned media outlets are grappling with the same financial headwinds affecting much of journalism — including declining ad revenue, uncertain digital business models and the challenge of ...

Black-owned media outlets are grappling with the same financial headwinds affecting much of journalism — including declining ad revenue, uncertain digital business models and the challenge of ...

Ashley Allison is set to acquire 'the Root,' returning the pioneering Black media outlet to Black ownership for the first time since its 2008 founding. For Allison, this acquisition is about far more ...

The coming of autumn often makes trees harder to identify — but sometimes, it does the opposite. The black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia) is a case in point. In summer, its bluish-green, oval-shaped, ...