I trace myself back to a line of autodidact writers, men and women who felt themselves in possession of some essential truth but were forced to testify to that truth without fact checkers, copy ...

Bestselling author Ta-Nehisi Coates says he will likely vote for Vice President Kamala Harris even though she and former President Donald Trump both present a "moral and ethical conundrum" over their ...

The Root spent an hour speaking to Cornel West on Dec. 8 on a wide range of issues, including former President Barack Obama, Sen. Bernie Sanders, neoliberalism, President Donald Trump and, of course, ...

Every Tuesday and Friday, Ezra Klein invites you into a conversation about something that matters, like today’s episode with Ta-Nehisi Coates. Listen wherever you get your podcasts. Transcripts of our ...