A Peek Inside Travis Hunter’s New Jacksonville Mansion
In Minnesota Assassination Attempt, Wife’s Split-Second Decision is a Testament to a Mother’s Love
KWN, ‘The Female Version of Chris Brown’ Got Black Men Worried And For Good Reason
Oklahoma Black Man Hit By Patrol Car During Jaywalking Arrest, and That’s Not Even the Most Infuriating Part
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Prison Gerrymandering Isn't Cool
Adam Serwer of The American Prospect isn’t exactly a fan of prison gerrymandering One of the more insidious ways rural districts that contain prisons increase their clout is by counting the involuntary presence of convicted prisoners inhabiting the correctional facilities in their districts as constituents. This would make sense only in Maine or Vermont, where…
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Quick Clips: A Tea Party Timeline
Thanks to ColorLines, here’s a timeline of the Tea Party’s history and the key players.
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*GASP!* Steele Falling Behind in Wooing More Minorities
Believe it or not, Michael Steele is having a hard time bringing minorities into the GOP fold Republican National Committee Chairman Michael S. Steele, under fire recently from members of his party for what they view as his shortcomings in management and communication, has also made little headway in another area: winning over minority voters…
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NAACP Dismisses Wells Fargo Suit
The NAACP has dropped its racial discrimination charge against Wells Fargo “Wells Fargo and the NAACP have agreed to work constructively on ways to improve fair credit access, sustainable home ownership and financial literacy for communities of color and other historically disadvantaged communities,” Wells Fargo and the NAACP said in a joint press release. The…
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Officials Claim Cops Coerced Boys in NJ Gang-Rape Case
As law enforcement investigates the alleged gang-rape of a seven-year-old Trenton girl, officials are now calling into question the the confession of two suspects and whether or not they were given under duress The two youngest boys charged with gang-raping a 7-year-old girl last month may have been pressured into confessing and implicating others in…
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Check It Out: Rev. Sharpton's National Action Network Conference
Saw this video over on Jack and Jill Politics. Rev. Sharpton’s NAN Conference kicked off yesterday. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
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Benjamin L. Hooks Passes Away at 85
Benjamin Hooks, former head of the NAACP, has died Benjamin L. Hooks, a civil rights leader who led the NAACP from 1977 to 1992, has died, said the vice president for communication at the NAACP. … Born in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1925, Hooks grew up in the segregated South. Hooks served in the U.S. Army…
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Goodbye to The Root!
Last April, I snapped this photo of Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, mortal enemies turned thick as thieves at the White House. In the year since, I’ve lugged the same tools—recorder, camera, notepad, pens—around DC for this fine magazine, in search of words worth the thousand you see here. Starting next month, I’ll be doing…
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Sudan's Elections and The Prospects for Peace
Darfur’s fall from the headlines has rendered Africa’s largest country, Sudan, an afterthought to most Americans. But the country is at the most significant crossroads in its short and tumultuous post-colonial history. Over the past few days, Sudanese have been casting ballots in the first national elections in 25 years. Though the outcome in the…
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The Best Moments of 'In Living Color'
Don’t have the box set of In Living Color? Can’t ever catch it on cable? That’s no problem in the Internet age. The show lives on via YouTube, where fans have uploaded some of the show’s best clips. The Root asked our Twitter and Facebook fam to tell us the funniest and most outrageous sketches…