Beto O'Rourke

The best things about Christmas (also Kwanzaa and Hanukkah) heading into New Year’s week are the gifts and the…

I’m here with you, but I’m not here FOR you…

“Kamala Harris is dropping out but Pete Buttigieg is still in?”

“Seriously, you might as well bathe yourself in barbecue sauce for all the smoke you’re gonna take this week” —My…

Former Texas congressman Beto O’Rourke on Friday took himself out of the running for the Democratic presidential…

During a week where there is a Democratic debate the Power Rankings usually focus on who performed best, and how…

Earlier this week, Marcus Ferrell (former African-American outreach director for Bernie Sanders for America 2016,…

U.S. national security conversations have traditionally focused on perceived foreign threats, such as a…

The Root 2020 Presidential Black Power Rankings take a one-week snapshot of the campaign season and imagine, using ju…

HOUSTON—Will Kamala Harris drag Joe Biden up to high heaven before her colored brethren at Texas Southern…

On Sunday, R&B star Khalid returned to his hometown of El Paso, Texas, to host a benefit concert for the victims of…

With the increasing occurrences of mass shootings, America is turning into the killing fields, literally.

We made it. After eight full weeks of Twitter spats, campaign gossip, polls and memes, we’ve reached our first bye…

“Smart white people know how to hire black people who actually KNOW black people.”

Mass shootings hit in Dayton, Ohio, and El Paso, Texas; the stock market crashes; and Toni Morrison passes away. Why…

Before heading off to El Paso, Texas, where a white boy trumped up by divisive language from the highest office in…

Before you read The Root’s 2020 Presidential Black Power Rankings for Week 5, we want you to close your eyes and use…

This week’s Root 2020 Presidential Black Power Rankings is full of surprises. We have a new No. 1 after several…

Welcome back to The Root’s 2020 Presidential Black Power Rankings, where our select committee of activists,…

In the Democrats’ first presidential primary debate Wednesday night, the candidates each hit on the need for change,…