How did a charismatic but impoverished British woman become the leader of the progressive religious sect known as "the ...

After 22 wonderful years, I’ve decided to take the exciting and terrifying step of leaving in order to try to build something ...

See how William McKinley's tariff policies that have inspired President Trump's affected everyday Americans in the 1890s.

The new song's composer thought it could be a way to again hear from Black churches, collectively, about civil rights.

Conservative voices are intensifying attacks on progressive white women. Figures like Erick Erickson and Vincent Oshana are criticizing them harshly. This trend coincides with a broader right-wing ...

1796: The York Daily Record traces its roots to the publication of Solomon Meyer’s German-language anti-federalist weekly newspaper, Die York Gazette. The founding date is hard to pin down. The first ...

As President Donald Trump’s administration doubles down on its aggressive immigration enforcement agenda, new polling data shows public approval for Immigration and Customs Enforcement has plummeted ...

1. The Lesson of Venezuela At the dawn of an ordinary day in early January of this year, 2026, the world woke up to shocking ...

Gay people are bourgeois. They are just like the rest of us, the boy next door, differing only in sexual preference. A rich white man can’t become black. But his son might be gay. Some women are ...

Incumbent Valerie Foushee and challenger Nida Allam present starkly different approaches to politics. Could NC-4 be a bellwether for Democrats?

As Angela Davis celebrates her 82nd birthday Monday (Jan. 26), The Root honors the living legacy of the revolutionary, ...

When State Sen. Sharif Tahir Street converted to Islam 30 years ago, he already had a Muslim name. His father, John F. Street ...