PoliticsCornel West Has Announced He's Running for PresidentWest shared the news about his 2024 presidential bid on Twitter.Candace McDuffie
PoliticsProgressives Warn of Harm To Black Communities As a Result of Debt Ceiling DealIn Part II, of our series we dive into some of the progressive backlash against Biden's debt ceiling bill.Jessica Washington
PoliticsDebt Ceiling 101. Everything You Need To Know About It, And How We Got HereIn Part I of our series, The Root spoke to experts about what's inside the debt limit deal, why Black folks should care, and how we got this close to disaster.Jessica Washington
PoliticsOh, Hell Nah: Mike Pence Set To Announce 2024 Presidential RunWhat do you think about Mike Pence planning to run for president? Tell us in commentsCandace McDuffie
PoliticsCornel West Has Announced He's Running for PresidentWest shared the news about his 2024 presidential bid on Twitter.Candace McDuffie
PoliticsProgressives Warn of Harm To Black Communities As a Result of Debt Ceiling DealIn Part II, of our series we dive into some of the progressive backlash against Biden's debt ceiling bill.Jessica Washington
PoliticsDebt Ceiling 101. Everything You Need To Know About It, And How We Got HereIn Part I of our series, The Root spoke to experts about what's inside the debt limit deal, why Black folks should care, and how we got this close to disaster.Jessica Washington
PoliticsOh, Hell Nah: Mike Pence Set To Announce 2024 Presidential RunWhat do you think about Mike Pence planning to run for president? Tell us in commentsCandace McDuffie
The National InterestNot All Black Folks are Fully Behind ReparationsThe President of NAACP San Francisco urged the city to reevaluate its plan to pay Black residents $5 million in reparations.Kalyn Womack
The National InterestGirl, Shut Up! Nikki Haley Says Florida's Ron DeSantis "Don't Say Gay" Bill Doesn't Go Far EnoughThe delusional 2024 Republican presidential contender has doubled down on a dangerous message.Candace McDuffie
The National InterestSouthern Cali County Declares Racism a Public Health CrisisCritics of the resolution equate its very existence to the movement behind critical race theory.Kalyn Womack
The National InterestCivil Rights Groups Call On the House To Do Something About Racist Insular CasesA group of civil rights advocates led by the ACLU believes the Democratic House majority can raise awareness for people living in U.S., territories.Murjani Rawls
EducationWill New Fla. Bill Impact Black Greek Organizations on College Campuses?Florida House Bill 999 threatens institutions that support students of color in the stateAngela Johnson
Environmental JusticeEarth day 2023: Cancer Alley Should Never Happen Again; Can Biden Really Fix it?President Joe Biden to sign an executive order to advance environmental justice. Three things to know.Jessica Washington
Environmental JusticeAt Least 26 Dead in Black Mississippi Town Devastated by Deadly StormIn Rolling Fork, Miss., poverty and extreme weather created a deadly combination.Jessica Washington
Environmental JusticeHow One Louisiana Chemical Plant Poisoned An Entire Black NeighborhoodDid the chemical plant next to a Louisiana school poison an entire community? The EPA thinks so.Kalyn Womack
Environmental JusticeResearchers Find Communities of Color Breathe In Higher Levels of ToxinsWe knew this already, but here’s some more evidence.Kalyn Womack
Gentrification & HousingCalifornia Beachfront Property Taken From Black Couple Nearly 100 Years Returned to DescendantsGov. Gavin Newsom signs new law returning Bruce's Beach to the descendants of Willa and Charles Bruce.Terrell Jermaine Starr
Gentrification & HousingCity of Oakland Strikes Agreement for Sale of Vacant Moms 4 Housing Property Following Armed Evictions, Riot Gear ArrestsThat’s the spirit.Karu F. Daniels
Gentrification & HousingHomeless Crisis in Los Angeles Highlights the Fall of the Black Middle ClassBlacks make up just 9 percent of Los Angeles County’s population overall, but comprise 40 percent of the area’s homeless, pushed to the margins by decades of redlining, layoffs, mass incarceration and gentrification.Dara Sharif
Gentrification & HousingColonizing BK to the Fullest: Rent Biggie’s ‘One Room Shack’ for a Measly $4,000 Per MonthIf you ever dreamed of sipping Mo’ on the living room floor of the Brooklyn apartment immortalized by the Notorious B.I.G., you might not be able to play Nintendo with Cease-a-Leo, but for a scant $4,000 per month, you can rent Biggie’s childhood…Michael Harriot
LGBTQLBGTQ Groups Voice Their Disgust Over Herschel Walker's Transphobic Campaign AdThe Republican Senate candidate released the 30-second ad two days after a mass shooting at an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado.Murjani Rawls
Now playing 02:27LGBTQAnother Anti-Trans Policy Forced Virginia Students to Walk Out in DrovesThroughout the country, Republican lawmakers have made trans kids and what they do with their bodies a central tenet of their politics.Jessica Washington and Adriano Contreras
LGBTQCrazy-Ass Florida School Board Refuses to Recognize LGBTQ Month. Are We Really Surprised?The vote against it comes as a result of the Parental Rights in Education law.Kalyn Womack
LGBTQWisconsin School District Bars Employees from Pride Flags and Preferred PronounsNow teachers and administrators can’t be their authentic selves in the classroom because it’s too “political.”Kalyn Womack