UPDATE: Clinton Diagnosed with Pneumonia, ‘Recovering Nicely’ After Collapse...
UPDATE—9/11/2016: Hillary Clinton was diagnosed with pneumonia on Friday, according to her doctor Lisa R. Bardack, and she has been advised to “modify her schedule” and rest. Dr. Lisa R. Bardack, M.D.,...
View ArticleHey, Donald Trump, Here’s How to Win the Black Vote in 3 Easy Steps
Donald Trump, thank you for thinking about us in the black community so much over the past few weeks. It means a lot to know we’ve got a true winner fighting for us on the road to the White House. But...
View ArticleOh, Now Mainstream Media Should Draw Lines in the Sand? That’s Interesting
In his latest New York Times op-ed, “When a Crackpot Runs for President,” Nicholas Kristof laments the state of journalism and wonders if media has done enough to show that, according to him, any...
View ArticleTrump: ‘Clinton’s Bodyguards Should Disarm; Let’s See What Happens to Her’
During a campaign stop in Miami, Fla., on Friday, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump suggested once again that Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton could be assassinated if the...
View ArticleObama to CBC: ‘Personal Insult’ to Me if Black Voters Don’t Support Clinton
Fiyah. Lit. Sixteen bars. There are all sorts of African-American colloquialisms and aphorisms that will be used to describe President Barack Obama’s last speech as president to the Congressional Black...
View ArticleHillary Clinton and Donald Trump Face Off in 1st Presidential Debate
In just about two hours, Democratic Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump will face off in the highly anticipated first presidential debate of the 2016 election. CNN reports that an audience of...
View Article#DebateNight: Clinton’s Chance to ‘Speak Directly to White People’
Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton faces off against Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump tonight in their first debate of the 2016 election season, a spectacle that is expected to...
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For the Record: ‘Superpredators’ Is Absolutely a Racist Term
When Black Lives Matter activist Ashley Williams was kicked out of a Hillary Clinton fundraiser in North Carolina in February, she made headlines. Why? Because Williams demanded an apology from the...
View ArticleA Few Words on the Blatant Disrespect Being Shown to Angela Davis
There have been intense, widespread and polarizing responses to my article on a statement made by scholar, freedom fighter, former political prisoner and icon Angela Davis during her Sept. 30 keynote...
View ArticleTim Kaine and Mike Pence to Face Off in Vice Presidential Debate
Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) and Gov. Mike Pence (R-Ind.) will meet face-to-face at Longwood University in Virginia for the one and only vice presidential debate Oct. 4 at 9 p.m. EDT. The debate will be...
View ArticleAngela Davis: ‘Democratic Party Is Just as Linked to the Corporate Capitalist...
Previously on The Root, we reported on scholar and freedom fighter Angela Davis’ recent comments about the 2016 presidential election—and the ensuing social media controversy that followed. Davis made...
View ArticleThe Politics and Faces of Angela Rye
On the eve of the first presidential debate, Angela Rye, along with the rest of the world, was anticipating just how Donald Trump would shoot himself in the foot as he went one-on-one against Hillary...
View ArticleWhat Conservatives Really Mean When They Talk About Rap
What you say about somebody else reveals you. What I think of you as being is dictated by my own necessities, my own psychology, my own fears and desires. I’m not describing you when I talk about you;...
View ArticleTrump Sexual Assault Accuser: ‘He Was Like an Octopus; His Hands Were...
Since the Washington Post leaked 2005 footage of Donald Trump making sexually aggressive comments about women, several reports have emerged saying that Trump physically assaulted women. According to...
View ArticleFear of a Nonwhite Planet
What are black people to do when the dog-whistling becomes a siren song? As his campaign shows signs of sinking beneath the tide of sexual assault accusations, his own vile words, inconsistent and...
View Article#WeBuiltThis: Black People Built America, and America Won’t Stop Killing Us
If you’re black, enfranchised and under 35, you’ve probably caught hell from at least a dozen people about your civic duty to vote. (Something about your ancestors bleeding and dying for your right to...
View ArticleHate Rising: Jorge Ramos Delves Deep Into Racial Hatred in America
Univision anchor Jorge Ramos has been thinking a lot about hate recently. Ever since Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump ejected the Mexican immigrant, who is also an American citizen, from a...
View ArticleAn Intervention Letter for America
Dear America, I know you’re wondering why we brought you here today. First, I want you to understand that this is not an ambush. We are here because we love you. I’m sure that the somber look on...
View ArticleListen: Leaked Stevie Wonder Song Destroys Donald Trump
Stevie Wonder—the man, the myth, the legend—is responsible for the election anthem of 2016, and he doesn’t even know it, yet. The audio to a remix of Wonder’s 1974 hit “You Haven’t Done Nothin’” has...
View ArticleCivil Rights Groups Ready to Stand Up to Voter Intimidation
Gabrielle Gray is a little busy these days. The 26-year-old doctoral student in political science at Howard University is coordinating the school’s 2016 Presidential General Election Voter Protection...
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