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It’s a YouTube Inauguration for Pittsburgh’s First Black Mayor
The surge in Omicron variant cases is forcing Ed Gainey’s party online
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Jails Are Becoming Even Worse Places To Be
The pandemic is being blamed for staffing shortages and a spike in prisoner violence
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New Group Recruiting Young, Black Conservatives to Become Candidates
But will Run GenZ address Black voters’ real issues with the GOP?
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RIP Archbishop Desmond Tutu
The anti-Apartheid and humanitarian icon has died of cancer at age 90
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Herschel Walker is Rich AF
The Trump-supporting former football star is running for office, but he doesn’t need the check
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NYC Mayor-Elect and City Council Fight over Solitary at Rikers
Former police captain Eric Adams says don’t question him unless you’ve worn a badge
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Believe An Innocent Man
The Root’s Keith Reed documents how one wrongful conviction affected a life, a family and an entire community.
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Covid Catches Atlanta’s and Pittsburgh’s New Mayors Slipping
Andre Dickens and Ed Gainey had their transitions disrupted by positive tests
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Racist Graffiti and “Hard-R Fridays”
Why Danvers, Mass., doesn’t want to talk about its racism problem
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No Indictment for Texas Deputy who Killed Black Man in Mental Health Episode
Bexar County DA released heartbreaking body cam video on Monday
