Violent repression of the free press is a slippery slope. On Sunday, just a few hours after I’d posted a column about police in Los Angeles assaulting journalists with batons and detaining some of ...

Hip-hop celebrates its birthday Monday (Aug. 11), 52 years after that fateful day in the Bronx when a cultural movement was birthed, thanks to DJ Kool Herc who extended the instrumental “break” ...

From Maxwell's greatest breakup song to Kirk Franklin's legendary gospel track, The Root's cleaning playlist includes some of the many songs to tap into the next time you pick up a mop.

A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to immediately improve conditions at a New York City immigration holding ...

Sen. Elizabeth Warren has secretly been embracing socialism for years, and now she is finally admitting that it is the path of the Democratic Party going forward.