Amber Ferguson

By Published Nine months after federal agents arrested independent journalist Georgia Fort over her coverage of an anti-ICE protest inside a St. Paul, Minnesota, church, she says the case has changed the way she approaches her work. In an exclusive interv... See more

As the country heads into the midterm elections , The Root spoke with Planned Parenthood President Alexis McGill Johnson to discuss what’s truly at stake for reproductive rights. Reflecting on the expiration of a year-long funding ban passed under Preside... See more

The daughter of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is speaking out after the death of Mississippi teen Nolan Wells, calling the circumstances surrounding his drowning “very troubling” and urging Black communities not to dismiss yet another case that has left fami... See more

At nearly every turn over the last year, it has felt like the rights of Black Americans are being pulled back, challenged or rewritten in real time. Voting laws are changing. Redistricting fights are reshaping political power. And across the country, Blac... See more

The black GMC Yukon pulled up outside the National Republican Club of Capitol Hill on Wednesday night, blasting a song featuring Nicki Minaj. As the lyrics spilled out, five young Black conservatives, a group of political influencers and rising activists,... See more