Mrs. YoMama Controversy: Not Again

January 08, 2012

It should be common sense; here are some helpful hints for how to avoid forwarding racist emails.

Take Politics Off the Playground

Our leaders need to stop schoolyard taunts and get to work solving our problems.

Rep. Clyburn: Obama Will Win Re-Election

The South Carolina lawmaker also talks about Herman Cain and voter suppression.

Politics and Progress in the New South

The Root explores where Obama, race and politics meet with Charlotte's young black mayor, Anthony Foxx.

Little Common Ground at Panel on 'The Help'

With black and white women at odds over the film, is anybody listening?

Why We're Moving Back South

For black Northerners, the reverse migration makes economic -- and emotional -- sense.

Why Does America Romanticize Slavery?

From Gone With the Wind to a controversial marriage pledge, this nation can't kick its addiction to Old Dixie.

Obama and the Elusive Idea of Race

Scientists increasingly conclude that ethnicity cannot be defined scientifically, but that hasn't stopped the racists, the Birthers and the confused from casting their insecurities onto the president.

The GOP's Big Battle With Diversity

In the 2012 presidential election, the party of Lincoln has a long way to go to woo black voters back into the fold. Is there, as Newt Gingrich claims, a difference between "inclusion" and "outreach"?

The Bitter Battle Over Voter ID

Republican-controlled legislatures are pushing strict voter identification. They say it's to limit fraud. Opponents say the goal is to exclude people of color.