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It is very likely that former middle school principal Jamaal Bowman may have unseated 31-year-incumbent Democratic…

No matter what crisis America is going through, politics stay politicking.

DETROIT—Bernie got his ass kicked and it’s not looking any better moving forward.

“Hey Sweetie,” Miss Mable said, as she welcomed me onto her porch. “Would you like some tea?” Mable Jenkins was…

FLINT, Mich—Political surrogates for presidential candidates have a tough job.

DETROIT—There are few towns in America in which you can gauge black enthusiasm for the political process better than…

OAKLAND, Calif.—Chaney Turner has already voted in California’s primary and said that the person who got their vote…

There is a hilarious episode of The Cosby Show where Rudy, the youngest Huxtable, informs the family that she is…

CHARLESTON, S.C.—Standing at the head of a long line of people snaking around the Charleston Music Hall waiting to…

Once upon a time, in a kingdom far, far away, an evil, pumpkin-colored king named Dottard Grump ruled the land.

Alright, folks, I have to keep it firmly a buck with you. I don’t know what, exactly, an Amy Klobuchar is. I know…

Tonight is the final Democratic debate before the Iowa caucus next month. Each candidate is essentially making his…

The debate field might be getting a little less crowded next month as the DNC announced new requirements for getting…

Each of the seven candidates who have qualified for this week’s Democratic presidential debate has agreed to boycott…

A lot led to Kamala Harris’ campaign collapsing before the first ballot was cast in the Iowa caucuses.

For weeks now, former Housing and Urban Development secretary, presidential candidate and one true heir to the Obama…

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

After almost daily pointed attacks by Donald Trump as he tries to wiggle his way out of the Ukraine scandal, Joe…

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

Reps. Emanuel Cleaver (D-Mo.) and G.K. Butterfield (D.-N.C.), both former chairs of the Congressional Black Caucus,…