A small, Illinois suburb has finally done the thing that America has kept hand-wringing about since the end of…
Anyone trying to claim that educational institutions across the U.S. are just innocently bungling the teaching of…
It isn’t that the first Black president didn’t believe or want to give Black folks their 40 acres and a mule; it’s…
Here at The Root, we strongly endorse any and everything involving the iconic multihyphenate Erika Alexander. Why?…
On Wednesday, the House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary held a hearing on House Resolution 40. The…
On Juneteenth in 2019, lawmakers met with Black activists and scholars to discuss H.R. 40—a bill to create a…
America’s racial awakening has brought about a number of positive changes—or at least earnest attempts at bringing…
Today I learned that a statue depicting a freed Black man kneeling before President Abraham Lincoln stood in Boston…
The topic of reparations is a touchy one...for white people. While the American government hasn’t touched the topic…
A former student has sued an Illinois high school, citing multiple racist incidents he experienced and observed…
2020 has been quite the year for a soldier of white supremacy who’s been dead for just over 150 years.
There are some who believe that should Trump somehow pull out a victory on Election Day, America is headed for…
A Black man has sued the city of Galveston, Texas, and its police department for $1 million after being arrested and…
Her first book may have been her “undoing,” but journalist and author Morgan Jerkins’ second offering, Wandering in…
I live in Washington, D.C., and much like most of the parents in the area—the whole country, really—my wife and I…
In Louisville, Ga., one of the last remaining former slave markets is finally being removed from the town’s center.
Here at The Root, we are very particular about how we label people. We know that labels can be damaging and…