The Tucson Unified School District is backing down from requiring freshmen to take a “culturally relevant” course in the fall. The decision to delay implementation of the course – titled “Ninth Grade Culture, Identity and Transformation: A Culturally Relevant Viewpoint” – came after criticism from Governing Board members who...

At just 12 years old, Haile Thomas has made a big difference. A youth leader working hard to inspire kids to eat healthy, Haile joined First Lady Michelle Obama, along with a handful of other guests, for the President’s State of the Union Address on Tuesday evening. First Lady Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move! initiative has inspired people across the country to...

(The Root) — Amazing Fact About the Negro No. 8: What was the first black town in North America? As I mentioned in my column about Juan Garrido, the first documented African to land in what is now the United States, in 1513, as a student I was under the impression that the first Africans arrived in the North America in 1619. That was when 20 or so slaves...

(The Root) — Amazing Fact About the Negro No. 1: How many Africans were taken to the United States during the entire history of the slave trade? Perhaps you, like me, were raised essentially to think of the slave experience primarily in terms of our black ancestors here in the United States. In other words, slavery was primarily about us, right, from...