Despite the staggering impact of obesity on the Black community, columnist Justice B. Hill argues that the issue has been largely ignored by society and the healthcare system.

Sometimes, it’s hard to keep track what’s happening in the news, so for everyone’s sake, The Root is recapping some of the ...

Rev. Al Sharpton came to Altadena with lawyer Ben Crump on Feb. 6, honoring wildfire victims and exhorting residents to have ...

MSNBC’s Rev. Al Sharpton ... of the bus." Sharpton made the announcement at Metropolitan AME Church in Washington, D.C., during a rally in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day on Monday.

On Martin Luther King Jr. Day at a church in D.C., there was a ... The call came from a prominent minister and civil rights activist, Al Sharpton, during a rally of the National Action Network ...

The Rev Al Sharpton, the fiery, high-profile political and civil rights activist, led a highly- anticipated demonstration to support Costco Wholesale in Union on Saturday following the company’s ...

On January 20, 2025 — the national holiday to celebrate the life of late civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. — Rev. Al ... Sharpton wrote: “This Martin Luther King Day, as Donald ...

Al Sharpton ... who we are,” Sharpton added. “We are the ones that you took everything and we still here.” According to Sharpton, a council will engage in a 90-day study of what companies ...

In a recent interview with theGrio, the Rev. Al Sharpton, president of the National ... to nearly 1,500 individuals – the largest single-day grant of clemency in modern history by an American ...