And so it was fitting that Avis Clark was by Alla Mae Clark’s side as the 98-year-old was ailing before passing away ...

A group of San Jose politicians allegedly participated in an inflammatory text thread with a disgraced colleague that ...

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 ...

The father of an unarmed man shot and killed by a former Atlanta police officer is demanding an appeal after the charges against him were dropped. A federal judge ruled Sung Kim was immune from ...

The recent shooting at the Saenger Theatre still weighs heavily on hearts as the community struggles to make sense of what happened.

Attorneys and NAACP leaders are calling for a high school track athlete's gold medal to be reinstated after the California Interscholastic Federation stripped it from her because she celebrated by ...

A three-judge panel in federal court in Little Rock ruled against plaintiffs arguing that Arkansas's congressional map was ...

Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin has refused to appoint a new member to the Arkansas Ethics Commission in protest of a ...

Richmond is in mourning following the news that Lucille M. Brown, the first Black woman to serve as Richmond Public Schools’ ...

The family members of twin brothers found shot to death on Bell Mountain are calling for new investigation into their deaths after the GBI ruled the case a suicide-suicide.

Qaadir Lewis and Naazir Lewis were found dead at Bell Mountain on March 8. The GBI has determined they died by suicide. The ...

The new bio-musical about Nat "King" Cole by Colman Domingo and Patricia McGregor at the New York Theatre Workshop stars Dulé ...