The mayor of the city with one of the highest percentages of black residents in America spoke out on Tuesday against…

On today, the third day of Kwanzaa, we celebrate the principle Ujima, or collective work and responsibility.

In an exclusive conversation with The Root, the mayor of America’s third-blackest city announced his endorsement of…

The mayor of the third blackest city in America unveiled a plan that could fundamentally transform the future of the…

Days after eight white women and 43 white men yelled “Roll Tide!” before voting to pass the nation’s harshest…

The fallout behind one of the most respected civil rights museums’ snub of freedom fighter Angela Davis continued…

One of the nation’s most prominent civil rights museums has reneged on its plans to celebrate one of America’s most…

What was billed as an afternoon with two brand-new young, progressive mayors recently elected to serve two of the…

Progressive Democratic candidate Randall Woodfin, 36, became the youngest mayor-elect of Birmingham, Ala., in…

Randall Woodfin believes any political revolution that takes off across the nation starts in cities like his…