Racial justice

Political commentator and communications strategist Avis Jones-DeWeever has forcefully pushed back against President Donald Trump’s recent claim that civil rights-era policies “hurt” …

A video by U.S.-based activist and commentator Nikki Free has struck nerves on social media because of how it fiercely criticizes what …

Tamika Mallory didn’t come to The Root 100 to offer platitudes. She came with a message! It was clear, urgent, and uncompromising. …

A woman has come forward on social media claiming that her former boyfriend, Javon Maurice Givann, was found hanging from a tree …

Wisconsin State Rep. Shelia Stubbs (D-Madison) is once again calling on lawmakers to take immediate action on a crisis she says has …

Minneapolis is on the verge of making history once again. City officials are advancing a proposal to rename Edmund Boulevard in honor …

A Black lesbian couple from Virginia is demanding justice after what they describe as a terrifying, racially motivated attack by a group …

With Wisconsin still reeling from the brutal murder of 19-year-old Sade Robinson, calls to establish a statewide task force to investigate and …

Say her name: Opal Lee! At 97 years old, she is not just the Grandmother of Juneteenth—she is the living embodiment of …