Rep. Jim Clyburn Is Out of His Goddamn Mind If He Really Thinks Qualified Immunity Doesn’t Have to Be Part of Policing Reform BillRep. Jim Clyburn is a political juggernaut.ByStephen A. Crockett Jr.PublishedMay 10, 2021
Michelle Obama on Why She Spoke Out After Derek Chauvin’s Murder Conviction: ‘True Justice Is About Much More than a Single Verdict in a Single Trial’Shortly after former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, the holder of Satan’s aux cord during long drives,…ByStephen A. Crockett Jr.PublishedMay 7, 2021
How the Coronavirus Has Impacted Vice President Kamala Harris’ Family in IndiaOn Friday, Vice President Kamala Harris will deliver remarks at the State Department in which she will declare the…ByStephen A. Crockett Jr.PublishedMay 7, 2021
Wildly Popular Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Won’t Seek Reelection and Something Doesn’t Seem Right [Updated]Thursday was ending the way that Thursdays usually do, with Thursday being all annoyed that no matter what it does,…ByStephen A. Crockett Jr.PublishedMay 7, 2021
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Continues Republican Push to Make Voting Hard AF for Black PeopleFlorida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, aka Big Baby Brian Kemp, continued the Republican streak of enslaving the fuck…ByStephen A. Crockett Jr.PublishedMay 6, 2021
They Getting Real Reckless: White Colorado State Rep Calls Colleague ‘Buckwheat’Maybe they’ve been watching reruns of old Rocky films or still reeling from the high of rushing into the Capitol on…ByStephen A. Crockett Jr.PublishedMay 6, 2021
In an Attempt to Prove Why Critical Race Theory Shouldn’t Be Taught in Schools, Tennessee Lawmaker Falsely Claims Three-Fifths Compromise Was to End SlaveryThese new discussions about whether or how systemic racism and slavery should be taught in school are proving one…ByStephen A. Crockett Jr.PublishedMay 5, 2021
Trump Forced to Start His Own Online Platform Just as Facebook Upholds Its Ban on the Former PresidentEvery now and again, the world gets it right: Rudy Giuliani’s apartment got raided, student loan payments have been…ByStephen A. Crockett Jr.PublishedMay 5, 2021
‘Slaves Loved Their Master’ and More Dumbass Comments From a QAnon Loving, Trump-Voting RepublicanApparently, there is a “Woman’s Republican Club of New Orleans” and the president of the organization happens to be…ByStephen A. Crockett Jr.PublishedMay 4, 2021
Tucker Carlson Attacks Obama's COVID-19 PSA; #CreepyTucker Trends on TwitterFox News, aka Republican BangBus host Tucker Carlson continues to swim near the bottom of the Republican cesspool…ByStephen A. Crockett Jr.PublishedMay 4, 2021
Watch Don Lemon Go Full ‘We Didn’t Land on Plymouth Rock’ After CNN Welcomes Rick Santorum BackI’m not sure if it was the countless killings of unarmed Black men, women and children by police or the coronavirus…ByStephen A. Crockett Jr.PublishedMay 4, 2021
Tornado Touches Down in Atlanta Area; 100 Million People Could Be at Risk as Severe Storms Headed Down SouthA tornado–kind of like one the one that took Dorothy from her Kansas farm to Oz–touched down in the Atlanta area and…ByStephen A. Crockett Jr.PublishedMay 3, 2021
Black Man Who Was Forced to Work Without Pay by White Boss Should Get $546,000 in Compensation, Court RulesThis may be one of the most horrific stories that The Root has ever reported.ByStephen A. Crockett Jr.PublishedMay 3, 2021
Tucker Carlson Calls Joy Reid 'The Race Lady.' Hopefully Reid Challenges Him to a Cage FightI don’t enjoy violence.ByStephen A. Crockett Jr.PublishedApril 30, 2021
In a Confession Letter, Matt Gaetz’s Friend Claims the Embattled Congressman Paid for Sex With Minor: ReportWelp, it looks like Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz better start working out so that he can fight off attackers in prison…ByStephen A. Crockett Jr.PublishedApril 30, 2021
‘Uncle Tim’ Hashtag Blocked on Twitter After Sen. Token Tim Scott Gave His Rebuttal to Biden’s Address to CongressHere at The Root, we don’t do house negro shame. Sure, there are plenty of Black people who sit comfortably at the…ByStephen A. Crockett Jr.PublishedApril 29, 2021
No Matter What Happened in the Derek Chauvin Trial, the Former Cop Was Leaving in Handcuffs: ReportIf the jury in the trial of Derek Chauvin had found the former Minneapolis cop who kneeled on George Floyd’s neck…ByStephen A. Crockett Jr.PublishedApril 29, 2021
OMG! I Love This Song: Rudy Giuliani's Apartment Searched in Federal InvestigationFirst, a prayer.ByStephen A. Crockett Jr.PublishedApril 28, 2021
Idaho Wants to Pass Bill Making It Illegal for Schools to Teach About America’s Racist Past or PresentYou know what white people hate more than Seinfeld’s ending? Admitting that America was and still is racist AF.ByStephen A. Crockett Jr.PublishedApril 28, 2021
Biden to Unveil Sweeping Childcare Plan to Congress, and Republicans Plan to Send Lone Black Senator as TributeOn Wednesday night, President Joe Biden will address Congress and reportedly unveil a $1.8 trillion plan to aid…ByStephen A. Crockett Jr.PublishedApril 28, 2021