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More than three weeks after Democrats’ disappointing showing on Election Day, party leadership is still arguing over…
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Terrell Jermaine Starr is a senior reporter at The Root. He is currently writing a book proposal that analyzes US-Russia relations from a black perspective.
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Joe Biden likely will be the next president of the United States because Black and Latinx people overcame the…
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Michigan’s secretary of state announced that final results won’t be ready until Wednesday. Philadelphia has 300,000…
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Jaime Harrison could go on the campaign trail and drag his GOP opponent Sen. Lindsey Graham through the mud for…
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When Carol Bradley-Cousins got her voting rights restored in 2015, she had already paid nearly $15,000 in fines to…
Oct 29
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For Mariah Moore, voting is a ritual.
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While most national office hopefuls are spending a majority of their time on the campaign trail, Dr. Cameron Webb is…
Oct 16
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Donald Trump has made one thing clear: he doesn’t care about democracy or protecting your right to vote.
Oct 9
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Ruth Bader Ginsberg’s death has given Donald Trump and the GOP another opportunity to stack the court with another…
Oct 6
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I love anything from Detroit. If it’s made there, it is simply better than everything else. If you want your hair did…
Jul 16
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One of the key elements of Pam Keith’s message as she runs for the Democratic nomination for Florida’s 18th…
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When you think about Missouri, you think of Middle America, a section of the country that lacks national media…
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Virginia State Sen. Jennifer McClellan is entering Virginia’s gubernatorial race as her state and the rest of the…
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Mike Espy is ready to win this time.
Jul 9
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As pastor of Atlanta’s Ebenezer Baptist Church, Rev. Raphael Warnock often gets asked what it is like to preach in…
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There are a lot of misconceptions about what defunding the police means, which, at its simplest definition, is a…
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After a week of nail biting over the tight U.S. Senate race in Kentucky, Amy McGrath has now been declared the…
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Minneapolis City Council Vice President Andrea Jenkins told The Root in an Instagram Live interview what exactly she…
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It is very likely that former middle school principal Jamaal Bowman may have unseated 31-year-incumbent Democratic…