In the second of a series profiling O-town, The Root takes a look at who's holding the purse strings in the city once called the Detroit of the West.
It was once known as a black city, but shifting demographics are changing Oakland's complexion. The Root looks at who's really got the power now. Will Ron Dellums be the California city's last black mayor?
A recent study shows that Facebook is being abandoned in large numbers.
His Morehouse gradation speech reignited the debate over his posture toward blacks.
Allegations of nepotism could haunt Clinton on the presidential campaign trail.
The GOP's notion of "self-reliance" won't hold up after disaster hits one of the nation's poorest states.
Here's what the ABC drama's obsessed fans plan to do with their time now that its second season is over.
Golfer Sergio Garcia's jab at Tiger Woods is subtle racism at its finest.
A Nigerian Nobel laureate wants fans of the late fellow writer to table calls for a posthumous prize.
Experts say that flaws in the system punish poor parents and motivate others to have kids for money.
