The anti-abortion movement is rallying around new laws that establish fetal 'personhood.' Doctors are scrambling to adjust, ...

East Africa is criminalising cross-border activism. This piece exposes how regional unity is under attack, and why ...

Three major trials are happening in New York. Sean "Diddy" Combs faces federal charges of sex trafficking and racketeering.

Massive Attack headlined London's LIDO Festival, joined by Khalid Abdalla and Yasiin Bey (formerly Mos Def). See footage and the setlist ...

A day-long series of immigration enforcement actions across downtown Los Angeles drew widespread condemnation Saturday and prompted a spur-of-the-moment demonstration that ended with nearly four dozen ...

The groundbreaking season is now tarnished by what parents call negligence after they say players were forced to change in ...

So now, The Root is taking a closer look at the anti-racist white heroes who were just as down for civil rights as Black ...

Washington, DC, is set to mark the 50th anniversary of Pride celebrations in the nation’s capital this weekend by hosting ...

In breaking news this week, former New York Times Book Review editor Sam Tanenhaus finally finished his authorized biography ...

Federal authorities are moving to drop a racial discrimination lawsuit against the Sheetz convenience store chain, part of a broader effort by President Donald Trump’s administration to halt the use ...