Martin Luther King Jr.

This is the first new federal holiday since Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

Long before Critical Race Theory or the 1619 Project, white America used the term 'Marxist,' 'Communist' and…

The Civil Rights Cold Case Records Review Board was approved last year under Donald Trump but is just now moving…

When the country collectively witnessed the brutal May 25, 2020 death of George Floyd, white people were forever…

When a leftist goes to sleep, are they not “woke”? If an antifa retires, do they become profa? How many thugs make…

Right now, Republicans across the country are on a mission to whitewash America’s history in a way that protects…

I have a Black dog.

They’re back!

After a grueling 28 days of watching corporations, institutions and random white people pretend to care about the…

Are you white?

White fragility is a hell of a drug.

If you haven’t been listening to The Ringer’s Higher Learning, co-hosted by Van Lathan—who might be taking home an…

There is no such thing as “white people.”

Fresh off the critically acclaimed film Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, which is currently racking up hella award…

And we back and we back! The second week of Black History Month is well underway and of course The Root is back with…

I have a lot of respect for Anjanette Young, the Black woman whose dignity and wellbeing Chicago police officers had…

White conservatives love Martin Luther King Jr.

Today, Martin Luther King, Jr. is lauded as an American hero—a direct contrast to the actual reality of an activist…

Fifty-seven years after Martin Luther King Jr. gave his “I Have A Dream,” speech at the March on Washington for Jobs…

White people (and non-Black people of color for that matter) would do well to just keep Martin Luther King Jr.’s…