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The Root Interview: Spike Lee
The filmmaker talks all things NOLA, from former Mayor C. Ray Nagin to the Super Bowl win to his latest documentary about Katrina, “If God is Willing and The Creek Don’t Rise.”
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Your Take: Job Creation Begins at Home
Congress should focus on green jobs to get past the gridlock, says the CEO of Green for All.
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Letter From Sierra Leone
An American journalist in West Africa discovers that the legacy of slavery still divides us from our African cousins.
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Basketball’s Forgotten (Black) History
Before the NBA was desegregated, there were the Black Fives.
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FBI Shuts Down Civil Rights Era Investigations
Agency will let old murder cases stay cold.
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Tomorrow’s Crop of Black Women Leaders
In Part 3 of our Women’s History Month series on leadership, why the future looks brighter.
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Why Are There So Few Black Women Politicians?
In Part 2 of our Women’s History Month series on leadership, the real reasons so few are elected.
First Same-Sex Marriages Celebrated in D.C.
Mayor Adrian Fenty to attend the weddings of three African-American couples.
The Root Interview: Carol Moseley Braun
If anyone has a notion of what it takes for black women to make it in politics, this former presidential candidate does.
The Root Interview: The Former President of Ghana Speaks Bluntly
Jerry Rawlings says he’s disappointed in many African leaders and in the failure of African countries to work together more closely.
