“If Obama was a white man, he would not be in this position. And if he was a woman of any color, he would not be in this position. He happens to be very lucky …”

On Thursday, February 28, 2008, the residents of hip-hop’s birthplace finally recieved the results they’ve been fighting months for.

The gossip and news website The Drudge Report posted a photograph of presidential canidate Barack Obama during his 2006 visit to northeastern Kenya.

At about 5 a.m. this morning, after 49 years as leader of Cuba, Fidel Castro officially resigned.

What do Black people have to say about Black love? We facilitated a discussion between eight people, between the ages of 23 and 32, on the topic. Find out what they had to say about cheating, interracial dating, marriage and more.

“The Root”, is reporting that the ancestors of President George W. Bush enslaved 30 people 175 years ago.

It was considered the most peaceful country in East Africa, the safe haven in a region stricken with political turmoil. On December 27th, 2007, that all changed.

Vote Hope, a grassroots California based political network, wants to encourage youth and underrepresented communites to vote for Obama during the February 5 primary.

1520 Sedgwick Avenue, the building where DJ Kool Herc organized the first hip hop house party, is in danger of being sold.

Yesterday, the Washington Post launched “The Root” - an online that aims to be a “Slate for black readers,” according to the site’s co-founder and Editor-In-Chief, Harvard University professor Henry Louis Gates Jr.