OPINION: The “So-white” Lakers can win games, but the team that once made Black America feel like it owned a piece of ...

As the world celebrates 60 years of ‘I Put a Spell on You,’ the North Carolina home where Nina Simone’s story began is ...

When we think of Black History Month, we often think of iconic pioneers, changemakers, and abolitionists like Martin Luther King Jr., Harriet Tubman, Rosa Parks, and Malcolm X. But across the Atlantic ...

After years of supporting Republicans, one Black supporter was escorted out of a Texas campaign event, raising questions ...

From the potential firsts of Keisha Lance Bottoms and Byron Donalds to vulnerable incumbents and redistricting battles in the ...

Don’t use a cleanse to explain away a new or persistent symptom. Fields said any blood in the stool deserves a conversation with a medical professional. Unexplained weight loss, severe pain with fever ...

Mississippi’s investigation into the fatal police shooting of 1-year-old Kohen Wiley has concluded the officer was justified, ...

This midterm election season, The Root is going straight to the candidates to hear how their vision for the future will ...

Black women were tired of the rising cost of keeping their hair together, so many have found a cheaper alternative that ...

Newly unsealed court files just revealed bombshell theories in the O.J. Simpson case—including a mob informant, hidden evidence, and an alleged accomplice. “You know I couldn’t have done this alone.” ...

Tennessee state Rep. Justin Pearson alleges Memphis violated his First Amendment rights after banning him from council ...