the black vote

First, you have to understand how the law works: Remember when those white boys chased down Ahmaud Arbery and shot…

Dearest all white people,

Welcome to the season finale of America!

America is not a “civilized country.”

Jeezy is not “young” anymore, and while The Root could not verify the color of Jeezy’s Lamborghini or his rims, we…

“Aight, bet.”

Once upon a time, in a kingdom far, far away, an evil, pumpkin-colored king named Dottard Grump ruled the land.

First, you try to get free.

Remember that time when white supremacists overthrew the government?

On the night of the 2018 midterm elections, Senior Reporter Terrell Starr reported on an incidence of voter…

Keisha Lance Bottoms, mayor of what is arguably the blackest city in America, threw her support behind former Vice…

The question for many newly elected politicians is whether they can keep the same energy they had on the campaign…

Well hello again, Racist Baby! I’m afraid it’s a little more complicated than that. No one is trying to steal the…

In a midterm election where hypothetical allegations of voter fraud played strawman for voter-suppression efforts…

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

He had one job.

U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), who won’t allow bomb threats to intimidate her, is encouraging voters to “step…

In a last-ditch effort to turn the tables on the election he has been accused of trying to steal ever since he…

After reading this article, you should be furious.

The Root’s Video Producer Felice Leon and I went to Harlem to ask black voters what issues they want to see…