What will it mean if Adam Hamilton, the pastor of the largest church in the region, runs for U.S. Senate in Kansas as an independent? Hamilton’s stature, as the leader of the Church of the ...

He’s being called “Pastor Pornhub” and “the living embodiment of Satan on earth” by Christians on the religious and political ...

Leaders from across the United States and around the world gathered at Salem Baptist Church in Chicago to celebrate the life and legacy of Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr.

James Talarico, the Democratic nominee from Texas, hopes to counter what he sees as a conservative takeover of the American church.

Betting markets think Trump’s will decide who to back in Texas soon enough. But, Eric Garcia flags, his batting average has ...

A group of Christians are meeting outside a proposed ICE facility in Oakwood, Georgia during Lent to pray for those who could soon fill the warehouse.

The Root Exclusive Series: Black History Month was established 100 years ago, in February 1926. To commemorate this momentous ...

President Donald Trump has yet to endorse a candidate in Georgia's Republican primary. Some Republicans are worried that a three-candidate field will make it harder to beat incumbent Sen. Jon ...

Three US presidents, global leaders, celebrities and thousands of mourners gather to honour the civil rights icon whose activism transformed American politics. Erick Johnson reports from Chicago ...

Herschel Walker, the GOP nominee for a U.S. Senate seat in Georgia, was reprimanded by a moderator for flashing a “prop” police badge in his debate Friday against Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock.

The criminal conviction comes decades after the abuse and a year after the survivor shared her account online. The former pastor of one of the biggest churches in Texas has pleaded guilty to child sex ...