The United Nations has changed the way it speaks about International Women’s Day this year, supporting a cause I have believed for a very long time....

Lead is a deadly neurotoxin that can cause permanent brain damage in infants, even at low levels of exposure....

It’s been a long, a long time comin’....

Religious faith, Abe Lincoln and business struggles are some of the things that drew them to the GOP....

The former first lady, whom President Ronald Reagan used to refer to as “mommy,” has died of heart failure....

Sen. Ted Cruz keeps the pressure on Donald Trump and Sen. Bernie Sanders continues to chip away at Hillary Clinton’s delegate lead....

The writing was already on the wall that Carson’s campaign was in trouble. Her are six times he stumbled on the campaign trail...

She’s an entrepreneur, wife, new mother and runner who slowed down long enough to tell The Root how she does it....

“Transferring [Sasha] in the middle of high school? Tough,” said the president....

Part of Thursday’s hearing will discuss whether one of the cops charged should testify against his colleagues....

We just want to put them all in our pocket!...

Charles H.F. Davis III sets out to find solutions to America’s failing education system in this eye-opening documentary...

On Super Tuesday, more African Americans voted in open Republican primaries in Georgia and Virginia, but what does it mean?...

This isn’t about Saldana’s blackness bona fides. It’s about how Hollywood completely misses the point of the legendary singer’s message about blackness....

Brian Encinia was indicted in January on a perjury charge after a grand jury found he lied about a confrontation with Bland....

The only full-time African-American driver in a national series talked to The Root about his historic 2013 win, how he prepares to win and living up to the legacy he’s created....

Our #BlackFutureMonth series helped to make this February one to remember....