OpinionClapback/MailbagOpinionClapback/MailbagThe Root's Clapback Mailbag: I'll Try It Your WayEach Friday, we clap back at readers' emails, DMs, tweets and messages. We do it because we care.ByMichael HarriotPublishedOctober 1, 2021
PoliticsPoliticsRepublocrats? Manchema?: Sens. Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema Are Ruining Biden’s Agenda, and They Wouldn’t Have It Any Other WayManchin and Sinema have become human roadblocks to Biden's agenda and they are loving it.ByStephen A. Crockett Jr.PublishedSeptember 30, 2021
PoliticsPoliticsThe Unbearable Whiteness of the Democratic Party...and AmericaActivists, voters and members of the Congressional Black Caucus have expressed frustration at the Democratic Party's…ByMichael HarriotPublishedSeptember 29, 2021
NewsNewsHouse Passes John Lewis Voting Rights Bill, But It Will Face a Tough Fight in the SenateThe John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act looks to restore parts of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 that was struck…ByRachel PilgrimPublishedAugust 25, 2021
NewsRace MattersNewsRace MattersWhere Did All the White People Go? Ranking the Blackest and Whitest Places in America, According to the New Census DataWe looked at the new data from the U.S. Census Bureau to rank the Blackest and whitest places in America.ByMichael HarriotPublishedAugust 17, 2021
EntertainmentEntertainmentIf Jadakiss Be for Us, Who Can Be Against Us? A Modest Presidential ProposalTuesday's Verzuz battle showed America that we must immediately harness the power of Jadakiss to solve the country's…ByMichael HarriotPublishedAugust 4, 2021
PoliticsPoliticsTexas Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee Becomes Third Black Lawmaker Arrested for Protecting Voting RightsThe Texas lawmaker joins Reps. Joyce Beatty (D-Ohio) and Hank Johnson (D-Ga.); all were arrested for protesting…ByStephen A. Crockett Jr.PublishedJuly 30, 2021
NewsRace MattersNewsRace MattersRev. Jesse Jackson, Bishop William Barber II and More Arrested During Protest Against Republican FilibusterThey called the protest 'A National Call for Moral Revival.' Of course, Republicans would have needed to be moral in…ByZack LinlyPublishedJune 24, 2021
PoliticsPoliticsDemocrats' Failed Attempt to Pass Voting Rights, ExplainedIf you're looking for an explanation of Democrats' strategy to strengthen voting rights, good luck with that. Here's…ByMichael HarriotPublishedJune 23, 2021
PoliticsPoliticsHundreds Gather to Protest Sen. Joe Manchin for Being Sen. Joe ManchinThe West Virginia senator is opposed to legislation that would ensure Black people have the same right to vote as…ByStephen A. Crockett Jr.PublishedJune 15, 2021
PoliticsPoliticsAre You a Racist Senator? A QuizFor anyone serving in the U.S. Senate whose name may or may not be 'Joe Manchin.'ByMichael HarriotPublishedJune 9, 2021
PoliticsPoliticsCivil Rights Leaders Meet With Sen. Joe Manchin In Hopes That He’ll Be Less RacistIf only the West Virginia senator loved Black voting rights the way he loves white supremacyByStephen A. Crockett Jr.PublishedJune 8, 2021
PoliticsPoliticsWest Virginia Turncoat Joe Manchin Continues to Blow Up Biden's Agenda from the InsideWest Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin is a Democrat in name only. For years, he’s prided himself as a “moderate…ByStephen A. Crockett Jr.PublishedJune 7, 2021
PoliticsPoliticsPresident Biden, Much Like America, Is Waiting for the Black Woman to Fix ItPresident Weekend at Bernie’s is willing to sign his name to the group project knowing that he didn’t do any of the…ByStephen A. Crockett Jr.PublishedJune 2, 2021
PoliticsPoliticsBiden Plans to Address Racist Stuff by Saying Things at Tulsa CeremonyWhen President Joe Biden speaks at Tuesday’s ceremony marking the 100th anniversary of the terrorist attack known as…ByMichael HarriotPublishedJune 1, 2021
PoliticsPoliticsRepublicans Woke Up and Chose Violence, Jazzy Jeff’d Liz Cheney From Her Leadership PositionLet’s play a game for a second.ByStephen A. Crockett Jr.PublishedMay 12, 2021
PoliticsPoliticsBiden 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
PoliticsPoliticsCivil Rights Leaders Pressure Senate Democrats Who Support the Filibuster: ‘They Are, In Effect, Supporting Racism’If you want to know how racist the filibuster is, just know that it called me the n-word. The filibuster just made a…ByStephen A. Crockett Jr.PublishedMarch 25, 2021
PoliticsPoliticsThe Filibuster Is White SupremacyI do not love America.ByMichael HarriotPublishedMarch 22, 2021