Midterm Elections 20222022 Midterm Election Black Winners and Losers [Updated]The Root takes a look at the results from important races from across the country.Murjani Rawls
Midterm Elections 2022Pennsylvania Republicans Are Trying To Kick Black Philadelphians In The Teeth Before They Leave OfficePA voters rejected the GOP bigly, and so the losers are retaliating against Black and brown voters in the state's largest city.Keith Reed
Midterm Elections 2022Stud Farms, Sex Puppies And Tax Breaks: Herschel Walker's Senate Campaign Can't Get Any WilderThe whole thing looks funny in the light, until you consider how deadly serious it all is.Keith Reed
Midterm Elections 2022Georgia Republicans File Appeal To Stop Saturday Voting From Happening [UPDATE]Three Georgia Republican groups are claiming Judge Thomas A. Cox's interpretation of the law is incorrectAlexandra Jane and Murjani Rawls
Now playing 01:26PoliticsCheat Sheet: What Does It Mean To Be Impeached?With Donald Trump running for president again after a chaotic first term and two impeachments, some might wonder: how can he run again?Amira Castilla and Adriano Contreras
PoliticsNo One Knew WTF Herschel Walker Was Talking About During Viral "Vampire" SpeechCandace McDuffie
PoliticsSpeaker Nancy Pelosi Says She Won't Run for a Leadership Position in the Next CongressJessica Washington
The National InterestDid 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 lawyers have questions.Murjani Rawls
The National InterestSen. Warnock Uses Trump Endorsement As A Weapon Against Herschel Walker’s Runoff ChancesMurjani Rawls
The National InterestSen. Raphael Warnock Claps Back At Herschel Walker’s Comments About His FamilyMurjani Rawls
The National InterestSen. Warnock's Campaign Sues To Undo Georgia’s Absurd Saturday Voting Ban Ahead of RunoffMurjani Rawls
EducationYour Student Loan Forgiveness Applications Could Be Approved By the End of The Week! [Updated]Biden announced that by the end of the week, the Department of Education will have approved 16 million student debt forgiveness applications.Jessica Washington
Environmental JusticeResearchers Find Communities of Color Breathe In Higher Levels of ToxinsWe knew this already, but here’s some more evidence.Kalyn Womack
Environmental JusticeNAACP Says Mississippi Officials Violated Jackson Residents' Civil RightsJessica Washington
Now playing 01:49Environmental JusticeCheat Sheet: What Is Environmental Racism?Adriano Contreras and Amira Castilla
Environmental JusticeAlabama Neighborhoods With Raw Sewage Flooding Spark Racial Equality InvestigationCandace McDuffie
Gentrification & HousingCalifornia Beachfront Property Taken From Black Couple Nearly 100 Years Returned to DescendantsGov. Gavin Newsom signs new law returning Bruce's Beach to the descendants of Willa and Charles Bruce.Terrell Jermaine Starr
Gentrification & HousingCity of Oakland Strikes Agreement for Sale of Vacant Moms 4 Housing Property Following Armed Evictions, Riot Gear ArrestsKaru F. Daniels
Gentrification & HousingHomeless Crisis in Los Angeles Highlights the Fall of the Black Middle ClassDara Sharif
Gentrification & HousingColonizing BK to the Fullest: Rent Biggie’s ‘One Room Shack’ for a Measly $4,000 Per MonthMichael Harriot
LGBTQLBGTQ 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 Colorado.Murjani Rawls
Now playing 01:16LGBTQSmall Town Horror: The Story Of A Little Army vs. An LGBTQ Pride ParadeKalyn Womack and Adriano Contreras
Now playing 02:27LGBTQAnother Anti-Trans Policy Forced Virginia Students to Walk Out in DrovesJessica Washington and Adriano Contreras
LGBTQCrazy-Ass Florida School Board Refuses to Recognize LGBTQ Month. Are We Really Surprised?Kalyn Womack
CoronavirusDr. Fauci Reflects on What Black Americans Did Right During Covid-19The chief medical advisor acknowledges the disadvantages Black people faced at the beginning of the pandemic.Amira Castilla
CoronavirusIllinois Rep. Bobby Rush Tests Positive for COVID-19 as Cases on the Rise in CongressRachel Pilgrim
Eyes on 2020Republicans Lose Court Challenge to Mail-In Voting in PANow the GOP wants smoke with Black voters in front of SCOTUSKeith Reed
Now playing 20:08Eyes on 2020Pete Buttigieg on Institutional Racism, Economic Inequality, and White SupremacyMichael Harriot
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The MovementBlack Lives Matter Tries To Explain The Millions And That MansionBLM's new leaders address how they disperse their millions as well as their most controversial purchase.Candace McDuffie
The MovementHow This Week's March on Washington Has Adjusted Its Political and Social Justice Goals to the CoronavirusAnne Branigin
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