As it stands, all but one of Indiana's congressional districts is majority White. Black voters say they'll be ...

The white political elite in America – politicians, judges, lawyers, policymakers, businesses and corporations – has never as a whole acted in good faith towards its Black citizens. These “leaders” ...

Former President Barack Obama is heading to Virginia to stump against Republican gubernatorial candidate Winsome Earle-Sears ...

WASHINGTON – When Congress passed landmark civil rights legislation in 1965 to stop racial discrimination in voting, only six members of the U.S. House were Black. Today, there are 10 times as many ...

Camden residents will learn and discuss how slavery and Black people shaped American democracy on Tuesday after viewing an episode of an award-winning docuseries. Veronica Jones, founder of Diaspora ...

If the U.S. Supreme Court expands its interpretation of the Equal Protection Clause in the Louisiana case to include Section ...

The Indiana Black Legislative Caucus on Monday decried the likely harms of early redistricting on the state’s Black and other ...

Actions by the U.S. Supreme Court, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis could further set back Black political influence in wake of ...

From religion to race, age to ethnicity, pockets of New Yorkers represent key blocs that can unlock tens of thousands of ...

With Prop 50 on the ballot, Black Californians are poised to play a decisive role in the outcome. Follow The Root as we go ...

Black women, the district’s most reliable voting bloc, could decide who represents Houston’s historic 18th Congressional ...