In 2018, Florida voters made a momentous decision: restoring the right to vote for those convicted of a felony, so…

Voting laws in this country are generally crafted to favor white people at the expense of everyone else. Whether…

If America’s election were a music video, then Russia would be 1995 Puffy.

It’s a word that trails women and people of color like a stray dog: “electability”—a word that’s become a catch-all…

Stacey Abrams may have conceded in this year’s hotly contested governor’s race, but the fight to make Georgia…

Contrary to popular belief, today’s election is not about Donald Trump. It has nothing to do with a “blue wave,” or…

Tonight, America is finally united with a collective case of bubbleguts as we wait to see if the country will reject…

It’s the final push toward Election Day—and if voting isn’t already on your mind (girl, how?) and you haven’t had a…

Whether it is Benghazi, birth certificates, Bigfoot, the Illuminati or an unseen VHS tape of Russian sex workers…

Our forever first lady, Michelle LeVaughn Robinson Obama, aka the literal manifestation of black girl magic, and…

Sinclair Broadcast’s pythonlike grip on local news stations across America became a national issue two weeks ago…

To paraphrase The Root’s editor-in-chief, Danielle Belton, Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, rife with xenophobia

This election season could prove that “the resistance” is really all bullshit. On Tuesday, in states like Virginia,…

If there was a nexus between the Black Lives Matter movement and the pussy-hat-wearing, International Day of Women…