Presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke told The Root in an on-camera interview that all Americans need to understand…

A new report from Vincent Goodwill of Yahoo Sports adds some gory detail to previous rumblings of a civil war…

“Qualified immunity” refers to one of the most powerful federal laws that protects police officers from personal…

Creating a mascot for your international sporting event can be fraught with peril. Izzy, originally Whatizit, was…

After the St. Louis Blues won their first Stanley Cup on Wednesday night, fans celebrated on streets and in bars…

Whew! What an NBA Finals that was. The Warriors and Raptors played six incredibly entertaining games, and a team…

MEMPHIS—When Ekundayo Bandele invited a group of journalists to tour Hattiloo, his independent theater in Memphis,…

Presidential candidate and U.S. Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) has secured 12 co-sponsors for his reparations bill,…

Fuck.

One quirk of soccer is that the rules of the game change when the ball is in the box. Not massively, but in one…

Tami Sawyer’s run for mayor of Memphis, Tn. almost didn’t happen. The issue? Self-doubt.

You knew Jeopardy! phenom James Holzhauer couldn’t win forever.

For one and a half games of the 2019 NBA Finals, it looked like the Toronto Raptors were the better team. Then the…

Between games of a Memorial Day doubleheader, the Fresno Grizzlies displayed a video on the big screen for the…

Last night, the St. Louis Blues advanced to the Stanley Cup Final for the first time in 49 years. They clinched at…

Presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) has a warning for corporations that continue to pay women less…

I sat with Tonja and Tianna Ottley on Monday night at the opening dinner of this week’s Harlem EatUp, an annual…

Lucky-ass shot.

As soon as I walk into my yoga studio in Brooklyn, I leave every societal hang-up on how black men are supposed to…

Mainstream media have provided few spaces for black women to discuss politics, but A’shanti F. Gholar is joining a…