11/24/222022 Midterm Election Black Winners and Losers [Updated]The Root takes a look at the results from important races from across the country.ByMurjani RawlsUpdatedThursday 8:15AMSave
11/23/22Texas High School Investigating Alleged Monkey Chants Toward Black Player During Basketball GameThe alleged chants happened at Marble Falls High School as a Black player from East Central High School shot free…ByMurjani RawlsPublishedNovember 23, 2022Save
11/23/22Lawmakers Voice Concerns Over Alleged Instances of Racism At Chicago College of DentistryThree lawmakers sent a letter to the university of Illinois at Chicago president to address alleged infractions…ByMurjani RawlsPublishedNovember 23, 2022Save
11/22/22The University of Florida Pulls Scholarship Offer From Recruit Caught Saying N-WordThe Ponte Vedra Beach Nease senior apologized on Twitter after posting a video saying the N-word while rapping to a…ByMurjani RawlsPublishedNovember 22, 2022Save
11/22/22LBGTQ Groups Voice Their Disgust Over Herschel Walker's Transphobic Campaign AdThe Republican Senate candidate released the 30-second ad two days after a mass shooting at an LGBTQ nightclub in…ByMurjani RawlsPublishedNovember 22, 2022Save
11/22/22The City of Atlanta To Pay $1 Million Settlement To Rayshard Brooks Family After Deadly ShootingAtlanta’s city council voted 15-0 to approve the settlement, which will be paid to the Brooks estate, and the…ByMurjani RawlsPublishedNovember 22, 2022Save
11/21/22The Supreme Court Just Handed A Blow To Black and Latino Voters In TexasA three-panel judge dismissed an appeal by Black and people of color voters in Texas within a bigger fight of…ByMurjani RawlsPublishedNovember 21, 2022Save
11/21/22Former Boise Police Chief Found To Have Ties To White Supremacist GroupThe former police chief was found posting on social media under a pseudonym inspired by a Nazi character from the…ByMurjani RawlsPublishedNovember 21, 2022Save
11/21/22Tulsa Race Massacre Victims Cemetery Search Concludes With Additional Graves Found [Update]32 additional caskets of alleged Black Wall Street victims were found at Tulsa's Oaklawn Cemetery last Friday.ByMurjani RawlsUpdatedMonday 11:55AMSave
11/19/22Did Trump Fix the 2018 Florida Election In Ron Desantis’ Favor? [UPDATE]The former President claims he sent the FBI to Broward County in Florida to stop fake voter fraud. Andrew Gillum's…ByMurjani RawlsUpdatedNovember 19, 2022Save
11/19/22Sen. Warnock Uses Trump Endorsement As A Weapon Against Herschel Walker’s Runoff ChancesA new Sen. Warnock ad is just a 30-second loop of the former Republican president speaking highly of Walker.ByMurjani RawlsPublishedNovember 19, 2022Save
11/18/22Black Mississippi City and the EPA Get Closer To A Deal to Fix Water CrisisThe 12-month agreement awaits the signature of Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba to proceed.ByMurjani RawlsPublishedNovember 18, 2022Save
11/18/22Desantis's Anti-Woke Law Takes Another Hit From Same Federal JudgeU.S. District Judge Mark Walker called the education portion of the law a “positively dystopian” policy.ByMurjani RawlsPublishedNovember 18, 2022Save
11/17/22Is Everything Ok With the Golden State Warriors? Nope.The defending NBA champs are 12th in the western conference with no answers to their bench-scoring woes.ByMurjani RawlsPublishedNovember 17, 2022Save
11/17/22Glenn Youngkin’s New School Proposals Are Watering Down Black HistoryThe newly drafted proposals of the Virginia governor require holding off on teaching about Martin Luther King Jr.…ByMurjani RawlsPublishedNovember 17, 2022Save
11/17/22Black College Volleyball Team Quits Tournament Over Racial AbuseA volleyball player from Talladega College was sent a "vile and vicious" picture at an awards banquet.ByMurjani RawlsPublishedNovember 17, 2022Save
11/16/22The Ben Simmons Addition Is Not Working Out the Way the Brooklyn Nets Hoped It WouldSome Brooklyn Nets players are questioning the all-star forward's availability and playByMurjani RawlsPublishedNovember 16, 2022Save
11/16/22Sen. Raphael Warnock Claps Back At Herschel Walker’s Comments About His FamilyThe Democratic senator from Georgia made it clear he doesn't play with comments about his children.ByMurjani RawlsPublishedNovember 16, 2022Save
11/16/22North Carolina Student Faces Discipline Over Viral N-Word VideoA spokesperson for the Columbus County Schools said they have dealt with the situation.ByMurjani RawlsPublishedNovember 16, 2022Save
11/15/22Sen. Warnock's Campaign Sues To Undo Georgia’s Absurd Saturday Voting Ban Ahead of RunoffA 2016 Georgia voting law restricts early Saturday voting before an election, if a state holiday is held on Thursday…ByMurjani RawlsPublishedNovember 15, 2022Save