PoliticsPoliticsPoliticsPoliticsThe Most Memorable Moments From Barack Obama's 2009 Historic InaugurationWith Trump experiencing his second inauguration, we decided to look back at the inauguration of the only Black…ByCandace McDuffiePublishedJanuary 19, 2025
Very Smart BrothasVery Smart BrothasMichelle Obama and Kamala Harris Prove That Black Women Aren't Here For the Shenanigans in 2025Both women have made a clear statement without saying a word.ByLawrence WarePublishedJanuary 18, 2025
OpinionOpinionOpinionOpinionIt's Time for Dems to Finally ‘Go Low’ Against Mean MAGA Republicans. Here's HowAfter 2024, it’s clear that nice guys lose the election but does that mean it’s time to get smarter, not uglier?ByMadison J. GrayUpdatedJanuary 18, 2025
PoliticsPoliticsKamala Refuses To Be Fake With JD Vance, Nancy Mace Spars With Jasmine Crockett At House Meeting, Michelle Obama's Reason For Not Attending Trump Inauguration, The Scary Things Trump Vowed To Do On 'Day 1' And MoreThe Root's most powerful political articles from the week.PublishedJanuary 18, 2025
OpinionOpinionOpinionOpinionBlack Folks Are Furious That Snoop Dogg is Performing at a Pre-Inauguration Event, But They Shouldn't Be SurprisedWe hope that the check he gets is worth the price of his soul.ByLawrence WarePublishedJanuary 17, 2025
PoliticsPoliticsPoliticsPoliticsHere's All The Scary Things Donald Trump Vowed He'll Do 'Day One' Of PresidencyPresident-elect Donald Trump says he will immediately pardon Jan. 6 rioters on numerous occasions despite their…ByCandace McDuffiePublishedJanuary 17, 2025
PoliticsPoliticsPoliticsPoliticsWelp! Kamala, Like Michelle Obama, Refuses to Be Fake When it Comes to JD Vance's TransitionSeveral Democratic and Republican sources shared news of a hangup in transition.ByCandace McDuffiePublishedJanuary 16, 2025
PoliticsPoliticsPoliticsPoliticsMichelle Obama's Reason For Not Attending Trump's Inauguration is Shady in the Best Way“You’ll see her when she has a project or cause to promote but she doesn’t feel the need to be a public figure…ByAngela JohnsonPublishedJanuary 16, 2025
Very Smart BrothasVery Smart BrothasIn Laughing it Up With Trump During the Carter Funeral, Was Obama Playing In Our Faces?The optics of the two former presidents acting like old friends left a sour taste in our mouths.ByMikol L. ClarkePublishedJanuary 15, 2025
PoliticsPoliticsPoliticsPoliticsHow Biden's Last-Ditch Effort to Eliminate Student Loan Debt Will Help Black FolksBiden's latest initiative will alleviate debt for 150,000 borrowers.ByCandace McDuffiePublishedJanuary 15, 2025
PoliticsPoliticsPoliticsPoliticsDon Lemon Goes Off On Obama For Exchanging Pleasantries With Trump At Carter's FuneralThe former CNN host did not mince words as he went off on this country's first Black president.ByCandace McDuffiePublishedJanuary 13, 2025
PoliticsPoliticsPoliticsPoliticsWait, What? Conservatives Are Blaming The L.A. Wildfires On DEI...Oh, It Gets WorseConservatives like Matt Walsh claimed the "exclusion" of white men has only heightened the crisis.ByCandace McDuffiePublishedJanuary 12, 2025
PoliticsPoliticsLip Reader Decodes What Trump And Obama Discussed At President Carter’s Funeral, Internet Drags Husband Of GOP Senator Who Disrespected VP Harris, Trump Plans To Rename Gulf Of Mexico, Black America Reacts To Trump's 'Hush Money' Case Sentencing And MoreThe Root's most politically charged stories from the week.PublishedJanuary 11, 2025
PoliticsPoliticsPoliticsPoliticsUpdated: Lip Reader Claims Trump Said This to Obama at President Carter's Funeral, And Here's Our Take. You Decide.We don't have any audio from the event, so we had lots of fun guessing what the two were talking about.ByAngela JohnsonPublishedJanuary 10, 2025
PoliticsPoliticsBlack America is Losing it Over Trump's 'Hush Money' Case SentencingTo absolutely no one's surprise, the president-elect got off without even a slap on the wrist.ByPhenix S HalleyPublishedJanuary 10, 2025
PoliticsPoliticsPoliticsPoliticsWas Biden's Presidency Bad Or Good For Black America? Here's the TeaAs America bids farewell to the Biden administration, The Root takes a look at what it accomplished.ByCandace McDuffiePublishedJanuary 10, 2025
PoliticsPoliticsTrump, Obama Seen Laughing Together At Jimmy Carter's Funeral, and the Internet is More Than Confused About itAfter birth certificate conspiracies and years of name-calling, the two former presidents were able to put…ByPhenix S HalleyPublishedJanuary 9, 2025
PoliticsPoliticsPoliticsPoliticsThis New Move By Biden Will Have Black Folks' Credit Scores Looking a Lot BetterVP Kamala Harris announced Tuesday that $49 billion would be removed from credit reports.ByCandace McDuffiePublishedJanuary 8, 2025
PoliticsPoliticsPoliticsPoliticsTrump Wants to Change the Gulf Of Mexico to the 'Gulf Of America,' But Can He Actually Do That??The President-elect floated the idea around at a news conference Tuesday.ByCandace McDuffiePublishedJanuary 7, 2025
NewsNewsWhy Costco, Unlike McDonald's and Walmart, Is Not Chickening Out By Rolling Back It's DEI InitiativesMcDonald's is the latest U.S. corporation to back away from DEI, but Costco isn't following suit.ByPhenix S HalleyPublishedJanuary 7, 2025