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Memo to undecideds: The better diplomat will make the better president.
The World Is Waiting -
Meet the voters of Election 2008. Read their history-making stories.
Your Vote. Our History. -
From Sylvia's to Starbucks, Election Night on 125th street.
Harlem: Red, White and New -
Black voters at the helm of the nation's solid leftward turn.
What We Did -
Barack and Abe. Obama and FDR. Comparisons galore. But, enough already with the dead white presidents. There's an equally—perhaps more—apt yardstick by which to measure Obama: South Africa's Nelson Mandela.
American Mandela -
In South Africa, as the Moses elders exit, they leave behind a bitter and growing rift between the ruling African National Congress and a new party formed by breakaway ANC members unhappy with the party's leadership and direction. So who will lead after the Mandela generation exits?
Where's South Africa's Obama? -
Somewhere between the talents of Thomas Jefferson and Condoleeza Rice lies the key to understanding the logic of the Obama foreign policy team. Obama can't be everywhere at once. So he's bringing in a team that has the chops to get the job done without his day-to-day micromanagement. Here's why it could work.
Security Details -
Black folks have made remarkable strides since the civil rights movement's apex. But we've made little to no progress on the most important measure: staying alive. Nowhere is that ugly fact more evident than in AIDS. Can Obama help black America survive this plague?
World AIDS Day 2008 -
A recent article on The Root argued against prosecuting Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir for war crimes. But peace and commerce in relatively stable Southern Sudan is no reason to turn away from genocide in Darfur.
Sudan: No Justice, No Peace -
The record-shattering $150 million in donations that Sen. Barack Obama raised in September represents only part of the financial advantage the Democratic nominee has amassed entering the final weeks of the presidential contest, newly released campaig
Today marks the end of Ramadan. And black Muslims, like Muslims all over the world, are more than ready to celebrate.
