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by Steven Gray onApril 25, 2012
A new book by the duo tries to make poverty an issue for the 2012 election.
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by Ellis Cose onSeptember 20, 2011
Saving the black middle class will require more than Obama's jobs program, says author Ellis Cose.
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by Natalie Hopkinson onAugust 30, 2011
It didn't abandon urban communities, despite what some say.
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by Natalie Hopkinson onAugust 30, 2011
It didn't abandon urban communities, despite what some say.
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by Linda Villarosa onAugust 2, 2011
Like the president, who turns 50 on Aug. 4, I belong to a generation that expected a racial utopia.
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by Jenée Desmond-Harris onJuly 29, 2011
In today's link roundup: Black professionals change the meaning of the "g-word." Plus: Jesse Jackson Jr. stops (very) short of pulling the race card.
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by John McWhorter onJuly 26, 2011
Despite the doomsayers, there are nondegree jobs that will ensure a prosperous future.
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July 2, 2010
What is considered a recession for the country equates to a virtual depression for most African Americans.
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April 30, 2010
This week on The Confab: Dorothy Height's funeral and the end of an era. The racial shorthand of "victim studies" in the reparations debate, Clybourne Park and the complexities of gentrification, and Guru, Mos Def and reconciling the black middle class in the hip-hop community. Join The Root's managing editor as he talks with media and culture writer Natalie Hopkinson and regular contributor to The Root Stanley Crouch.
* Podcast production by Abdullah Rufus.
* Podcast theme music by Timothy Morrison.
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by Joel Dreyfuss onJanuary 2, 2010
A letter from The Root’s Managing Editor, Joel Dreyfuss.
