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by David Swerdlick onNovember 9, 2012
The arrangement could be a win-win, The Root's contributing editor David Swerdlick writes at the New York Daily News.
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November 8, 2012
Republicans haven't taken the re-election of Barack Obama very well.
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by Jenée Desmond-Harris onNovember 8, 2012
The Root's Election Watch: Romney campaign gives up the final state to Obama. Plus: The president made sure to give a shout-out to the voters who waited for hours.
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by Jenée Desmond-Harris onNovember 8, 2012
What is it about this snapshot that got so many U.S. citizens excited?
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by Jenée Desmond-Harris onNovember 8, 2012
Listen to "Bring It on Home" and "We Done It Again."
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by Mary Mitchell onNovember 8, 2012
Mary Mitchell, writing at the Chicago Sun-Times, says that she hopes the second-term president will focus more explicitly on the needs of a group that he can always depend on for support.
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by Kevin Chappell onNovember 8, 2012
Ebony's Kevin Chappell explains how a hard-fought battle ended in victory for the Obama campaign.
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November 7, 2012
This Week in Blackness reacts to the president's re-election.
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by Jenée Desmond-Harris onNovember 7, 2012
The Saratoga Springs, Utah, mayor, who would have been the first black Republican woman in Congress, was defeated last night.
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November 7, 2012
Here's who gave it to President Obama, and what he might do with it.
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