On Wednesday, Donald Trump signed an executive order that effectively dissolved the controversial commission on…

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As the year comes to a close, The Root takes a look back at those who took an L. We aren’t talking the kind of loss…

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The passage of Proposition 64—the Adult Use of Marijuana Act—in California had everyone excited about recreational…

Following an 18-month investigation, a man said to have served as the go-between for an international team of…

Let’s keep the good feelings from Christmas going, shall we? We need to carry ourselves into the new year with as…

A fire in a 100-year-old building in New York City’s Bronx borough Thursday evening has left at least 12 dead and…

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Thursday marks 1,343 days since the people of Flint, Mich., had clean water running through their taps. Although…

Recy Taylor, whose story of sexual assault at the hands of six white men in 1944 is featured in the book At the Dark…

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We made it through Christmas, and if you are anything like me, you are glad that shit is over with. Now, with just…

Roughly two months before a 17-year-old Virginia teen allegedly shot his girlfriend’s parents to death, neighbors…