NewsOpinionI Tried ItNewsOpinionI Tried ItCBC Week, ExplainedThe Root’s Senior Writer Michael Harriot will be documenting his first time attending the Congressional Black…ByMichael HarriotPublishedSeptember 12, 2019
PoliticsPoliticsCory Booker on Senate Beginnings: It Was 'the Least Diverse Place I Had Ever Seen'We’ve all been there.ByJay ConnorPublishedSeptember 11, 2019
PoliticsPolitics2 Men Make a Federal Case Out of Being Blocked on Twitter by the Notorious AOCConservative critics of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez are coming for the New York progressive, saying what’s good…ByDara SharifPublishedJuly 10, 2019
PoliticsPoliticsBronx, NY, Principal Wins Nod From Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Backers in Long-Shot Bid to Oust Long-Term CongressmanIn a political case of what was good for the goose may be good for the gander, a Bronx, N.Y., middle school…ByDara SharifPublishedJune 19, 2019
PoliticsPoliticsCongress Has Trump’s Financial Records From Wells Fargo and TD Bank, and More Could be ComingPresident Donald Trump has been trying to keep America out of his financials. But like a good wife who knows that…ByStephen A. Crockett Jr.PublishedMay 23, 2019
PoliticsPoliticsThe Mad King’s Minions Tell Former White House Lawyer Don McGahn Not to Testify Before House CommitteeThe White House has reportedly directed former White House counsel Don McGahn not to testify before the House…ByStephen A. Crockett Jr.PublishedMay 20, 2019
PoliticsPoliticsRep. Justin Amash Becomes the 1st Republican Congressman to Call for Trump’s ImpeachmentRep. Justin Amash (R-Mich.) called for Donald Trump’s impeachment after reading the full unredacted report from…ByAliya Semper EwingPublishedMay 19, 2019
PoliticsPoliticsWhite House to Former Counsel Don McGahn: Ignore Those Congressional Subpoenas, We Got YouThe White House is continuing its efforts to defy Congress as new reports note that the Trump administration has…ByStephen A. Crockett Jr.PublishedMay 7, 2019
PoliticsPoliticsDemocrats Considering Contempt for Attorney General After Evil John Goodman-Face Fails to Release Full Mueller ReportNobody puts evil Fred Flintstone-face in the corner. Nobody.ByStephen A. Crockett Jr.PublishedMay 6, 2019
PoliticsPoliticsTrump Threatens to Get His Cousins If Democrats Keep Threatening ImpeachmentPresident Donald Trump is doing the preemptive threatening thing that he does when he’s not making up nicknames for…ByStephen A. Crockett Jr.PublishedApril 24, 2019
4/21/19Congress Considering Making Pell Grants Available to Inmates, Reversing Decades-Long BanWith droves of research suggesting education is one of the most effective tools to rehabilitate those currently…ByIbn SafirPublishedApril 21, 2019
PoliticsPoliticsJust Like Herpes, He's Back: Accused Child Molester Roy Moore Is Leading GOP Candidate to Challenge Doug Jones for Senate SeatAlabama Republicans insist there’s nothing wrong, that Roy Moore is just a cold sore. But just when you think he’s…ByStephen A. Crockett Jr.PublishedApril 16, 2019
NewsNews#IStandWithIlhan: Trump Targets Rep. Ilhan Omar in Yet Another Islamophobic Tweet and People Are RepulsedPublic outcry has taken over social media as Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar continues to be targeted by Donald Trump and…ByAliya Semper EwingPublishedApril 13, 2019
PoliticsPoliticsCandace Owens Is Racist White America’s Black Friend and She Just Told Congress That White Nationalism Isn’t a ThingUnfortunately for the world, Candace Owens is a thing.ByStephen A. Crockett Jr.PublishedApril 9, 2019
PoliticsPoliticsCountdown to Candace Owens: Auntie Ruckus Will Participate in Hearing on Hate Crimes, White NationalismDays removed from affirming that it’s “more difficult today to come out as a conservative than it is to come out as…ByJay ConnorPublishedApril 8, 2019
NewsLegalNewsLegalRobert Mueller to Leave DOJ Soon, According to DepartmentAfter 674 days of investigating an almost exclusively sitting president, Robert Mueller is leaving the Department of…ByIbn SafirPublishedApril 6, 2019
NewsNewsSurprise Surprise: Michael Cohen Stumbles Upon 14 Million Files A Month Before His Sentence BeginsIt’s hard to be mad at Michael Cohen. If you were going to jail for holding water for a President who gets his daily…ByIbn SafirPublishedApril 6, 2019
Beauty + StyleBeauty + StyleQueer Eye on Capitol Hill? Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez May Get the Best Makeover Ever [Updated]File this under: Please make this happen.ByMaiysha KaiPublishedApril 3, 2019
PoliticsPoliticsWhite House Whistleblower: Trump Administration Overturned 25 Denied Security ClearancesA White House whistleblower, which is not the same as a racist whistleblower, told a Congressional panel that more…ByStephen A. Crockett Jr.PublishedApril 1, 2019
NewsNewsNRA Could 'Be Forced to Shut Down Forever,' Says Executive Vice PresidentNRA executive vice president Wayne LaPierre hit group members with a four-page letter. In it, he blamed the group’s…ByIbn SafirPublishedMarch 30, 2019