NewsEducationNewsEducationHigh School Secretary is Out of a Job after Calling MLK Day "N-Word Day""How you get fired on your day off?" read one reaction.ByKalyn WomackPublishedJanuary 18, 2023
PoliticsPoliticsJoe Biden Is Upset Republicans Won't Support Police ReformThe president made a speech in which he critiqued the GOP for not moving forward with policy changes.ByCandace McDuffiePublishedJanuary 18, 2023
PoliticsPoliticsNot Again! President Biden Forgets Name of MLK's Jr's Daughter-In-Law During SpeechFor Biden's latest faux pas, he tried to sing "Happy Birthday" to her but to no avail.ByCandace McDuffiePublishedJanuary 17, 2023
CultureCultureNew MLK Sculpture Criticized By Some Who Think It's Nasty"The Embrace" was inspired by a photo of Dr. King hugging his wife, Coretta. But not everyone is seeing it that way.ByAngela JohnsonPublishedJanuary 17, 2023
CultureCulture7 Facts about MLK You May Not Know [Update]The civil rights leader's dynamic life was full of surprisesByAmira CastillaPublishedJanuary 16, 2023
CultureCulture5 Facts about MLK You May Not KnowThe civil rights leader's dynamic life was full of surprisesByAmira CastillaUpdatedJanuary 20, 2025
PoliticsPoliticsCori Bush Says Republicans Are Using Black Speaker Candidate As A 'Prop.' In Other News, Water Is Wet.Even though Byron Donalds is Black, Bush says he's merely a tool for upholding white supremacy.ByCandace McDuffiePublishedJanuary 5, 2023
NewsEducationNewsEducationRev. William Barber To Lead Yale’s New Center for Theology and Public Policy“I’m excited to move from...pastoral work with the congregation, to, in a sense, pastoring the movement with this…ByJessica WashingtonPublishedDecember 20, 2022
EntertainmentEntertainmentBlack Women Headline The Hollywood Reporter’s Power 100 ListThe outlet’s list of the most powerful women in entertainment includes fan favorites Zendaya, Quinta Brunson,…ByStephanie HollandPublishedDecember 11, 2022
NewsEducationNewsEducationGlenn Youngkin’s New School Proposals Are Watering Down Black HistoryThe newly drafted proposals of the Virginia governor require holding off on teaching about Martin Luther King Jr.…ByMurjani RawlsPublishedNovember 17, 2022
NewsEducationHBCUsNewsEducationHBCUsMorehouse to be the First College to Offer Classes in the Metaverse“The future looks a lot like young people being able to come together from countries all over the world in one…ByAngela JohnsonPublishedNovember 14, 2022
EntertainmentEntertainmentThe Surprising Connection Between Martin Luther King Jr. and Julia Roberts, ExplainedThe civil rights icon was altruistic as he was influential.ByShanelle GenaiPublishedOctober 31, 2022
PoliticsThe National InterestPoliticsThe National InterestSorry, Kari! Martin Luther King Jr. Wouldn’t Have Been A MAGA RepublicanMLK's daughter Bernice King invited the Arizona Republican gubernatorial candidate to brush up on her historyByMurjani RawlsPublishedOctober 20, 2022
NewsLegalNewsLegalAretha Franklin's FBI File Is Finally Revealed And It's ShockingThe FBI tried to connect the late singer to "extremist" movements for four decades and failed.ByCandace McDuffiePublishedOctober 3, 2022
NewsRace MattersNewsRace MattersPoll: Americans Lack an Understanding of the Civil Rights Era. This is Why Anti-Woke Movement Is Dangerous.A survey by More In Common says that Americans know figures like Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks, but not much…ByMurjani RawlsPublishedAugust 24, 2022
EventsThe Root InstituteEventsThe Root InstituteWelcome to The Root Institute 2022Our first IRL event of the fall season will feature provocative conversations about our communityByVanessa De LucaPublishedAugust 10, 2022
EntertainmentEntertainmentNichelle Nichols, Star Trek’s Lt. Uhura, Dies at 89‘Godspeed to Nichelle Nichols, champion, warrior and tremendous actor. Her kindness and bravery lit the path for…ByStephanie HollandPublishedAugust 1, 2022
NewsEducationHBCUsNewsEducationHBCUsHBCU Night is the College Resource Every Black PWI Student NeedsFounder Andres Martin took his own HBCU experience and turned it into an event where community can immerse into the…ByKalyn WomackPublishedAugust 1, 2022
CultureCultureThe Evolution of Clarence ThomasFrom the land of freed slaves to leading the Supreme Court's extreme conservative majority.ByAmira CastillaPublishedJuly 6, 2022
EntertainmentEntertainmentSimone Biles, Denzel Washington Among New Presidential Medal of Freedom RecipientsNurse Sandra Lindsay, civil rights activists Diane Nash and Fred Gray will also be honored.ByStephanie HollandPublishedJuly 1, 2022