NewsRace MattersNewsRace MattersFormer Harvard President Claudine Gay Has a Warning For UsIn a New York Times op-ed, Gay says that the forces have much bigger aims than the ousting of one University…ByJessica WashingtonPublishedJanuary 4, 2024
NewsRace MattersNewsRace MattersBro, STFU: Billionaire Bill Ackman Says Harvard's DEI Is 'Racist' And 'Root Cause Of Antisemitism' At SchoolThe Harvard alum and Pershing Square CEO sounded off on X.ByCandace McDuffiePublishedJanuary 3, 2024
NewsRace MattersNewsRace MattersYou Won't Believe the Racist Things This 80-Year-Old Vietnam Vet Said That Cost Him His JobA letter claimed that Vietnam war vet Joe Abodeely said, “They will replace me with some gay, Black, woman, woke Jew…ByNoah A. McGeePublishedJanuary 2, 2024
NewsRace MattersNewsRace MattersReally?! Popular Black ESPN Reporter Racially Profiled at a California Store?Marc Spears was allegedly told to use the bathroom at a police station instead of a store in Healdsburg, Calif.ByNoah A. McGeePublishedJanuary 2, 2024
NewsRace MattersNewsRace Matters3,300 Black Gravesites in VA Recovered, Waiting for Families to VisitLocal groups are working to restore historic Black cemeteries after decades of neglect, but still face serious…ByJessica WashingtonPublishedDecember 27, 2023
NewsRace MattersNewsRace MattersThis is the Latest State Exploring Reparations For SlaveryOn Tuesday, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed a bill creating a panel to investigate reparations.ByJessica WashingtonPublishedDecember 20, 2023
NewsRace MattersNewsRace MattersIt Took This City 34 Years to Apologize for Falsely Arresting Two Black MenAlan Swanson and Willie Bennett were accused and arrested for the 1989 shooting of a Boston white woman.ByNoah A. McGeePublishedDecember 20, 2023
NewsRace MattersNewsRace MattersExperts Say There's More To Black Holocaust Myth Poll Than Meets The EyeA recent YouGov/Economist poll found that 13% of Black Americans believe The Holocaust is a myth. But Black…ByJessica WashingtonUpdatedDecember 25, 2023
NewsRace MattersNewsRace MattersIKYFL: A 2-Year-Old Black Girl “Arrested” in Lame Rosa Parks DemonstrationThe NAACP called out a Florida school for placing a little Black girl in handcuffs.ByKalyn WomackPublishedDecember 19, 2023
NewsRace MattersNewsRace MattersWhite Couple Charged in Cross Burning On Black Neighbors' Lawn in SCWorden Butler and Alexis Harnett were arrested for second-degree harassment after they allegedly burned a cross on a…ByNoah A. McGeePublishedDecember 18, 2023
NewsRace MattersNewsRace MattersWould You Go to Boston Mayor Michelle Wu's 'Electeds of Color' Holiday Party?The mayor of Beantown has come under fire for a holiday party invitation that was mistakenly sent to all of her city…ByKalyn WomackPublishedDecember 17, 2023
NewsRace MattersNewsRace MattersViral TikTok Shows Utah Karen Going on a Racist RampageKathryn Smith was arrested on multiple outstanding warrants including disorderly conduct, property damage, and…ByNoah A. McGeePublishedDecember 15, 2023
NewsRace MattersNewsRace MattersLast Year, Four Black Women Were Victims of Crime Every Half Hour in ChicagoA report found that Black women made up over a quarter of crime victims in 2022.ByKalyn WomackPublishedDecember 13, 2023
NewsRace MattersNewsRace MattersRep. Maxine Waters Speaks on The Black Banking CrisisThe Root spoke with the LA Congresswoman about why Black Americans are "under-banked" and "unbanked," what she's…ByJessica WashingtonPublishedDecember 13, 2023
NewsRace MattersNewsRace MattersGood-ish News for the Alabama Riverfront Brawl's Avatar ChairbenderThe Black man who went viral for fighting off white attackers with chair shots just got a lenient sentence.ByKalyn WomackPublishedDecember 12, 2023
NewsRace MattersNewsRace MattersRacist White Men Threatened the Lives of Black Women at Ohio UniversityThe men are wanted for allegedly hurling racial slurs at Black students while also threatening them with firearms.ByNoah A. McGeePublishedDecember 11, 2023
NewsRace MattersNewsRace MattersThe Insane Reason This Little Black Girl Got Kicked from Her Cheer TeamHello, Crown Act? It looks like we have a major problem here.ByKalyn WomackPublishedDecember 8, 2023
NewsRace MattersNewsRace MattersRepublicans Falsely Believe White People Experience Racism More Than Black FolksNew research shows how asinine this assumption truly isByCandace McDuffiePublishedDecember 7, 2023
NewsRace MattersNewsRace MattersRemember Obama's Anger Translator? Roy Wood Jr. Brings It Back For Karine Jean-PierreRoot 100 host Roy Wood Jr. made a joke about WH Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre trying not to curse during press…ByJessica WashingtonPublishedDecember 6, 2023
NewsRace MattersNewsRace MattersWe Just Got Terrifying New Mass Shooting Numbers, Here's How Black Americans Fit InThe U.S. just broke the record for the most mass shootings in a single year since 2005, according to Washington Post…ByJessica WashingtonUpdatedDecember 9, 2023