'Alex Cross': Premiere-Night Interviews

October 16, 2012

The Root talked to several stars at an L.A. screening of Tyler Perry's new movie, which opens on Friday.

Minority Schoolkids Aware of Racial Stigmas

But younger black students are more motivated about school than their white classmates, says a new study.

4 Questions With the NAACP's Youth Expert

Stefanie Brown explains how to make activism important to today's young people.

4 Questions With Isaiah Washington

At the NAACP convention, the actor talked about civil liberties, tracing roots and awards shows.

4 Questions With Ben Jealous

The NAACP's president talks voter-ID laws and "employment discrimination 2.0."

4 Questions With Maxine Waters

The congresswoman, in Los Angeles for the NAACP Annual Convention, warns of the nation's possible return to Jim Crow.