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by Jenée Desmond-Harris onSeptember 12, 2012
David Boone is hoping he'll break the cycle of poverty for his family.
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by Deron Snyder onOctober 25, 2011
Miami Dolphins receiver Brandon Marshall, who has been open about his battle with borderline personality disorder, took his advocacy for mental illness treatment a step further Monday night.
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April 18, 2011
The Root's editor-in-chief, Henry Louis Gates Jr., interviews the 96-year-old artist in Cambridge, Mass., in a live event.
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February 23, 2011
How have you been affected by the recession? Contribute to the discussion.
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by Nsenga Burton onNovember 24, 2010
Club shuts down private party with guest list.
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November 12, 2010
The Root's editor-in-chief quizzes the journalist and historian on her magisterial work, The Warmth of Other Suns, which traces the great migration of millions of African Americans from the South to greater freedom and opportunity.
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by Washington Post onSeptember 24, 2010
Harvard professor William Julius Wilson on how the HBO series is the perfect teaching tool for inequality in inner-city America.
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by Latoya Peterson onJuly 15, 2010
Never mind all the sound and fury over black academic performance. The data aren't so clear-cut.
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by Sherrilyn A. Ifill onJuly 23, 2009
We shouldn’t need celebrities to bring home the seriousness of racial profiling. The pain, humiliation and injustice experienced by average, poor, black men and women should be a compelling enough story to hold our attention.
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by Lawrence Bobo onJuly 21, 2009
The Skip Gates arrest shows how little some features of the national racial landscape have changed over time.
