The Clapback Mailbag is over.
Finally, all my years of “thugging” have paid off! I’m getting my own law!
Since the very start of late night television talk/variety shows (Broadway Open House was the first to air in a late…
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You know what doesn’t get enough love and attention right now? Black joy. So what are we going to do about it? Well,…
Chloe and Maud Arnold, Phil Augusta Jackson and Michael Harriot Talk Black Joy at The Root Institute
What is Black joy? Is it a superhero? Is it a way of life? Is it under attack? The answer to all of those questions…
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The Apollo Theater is a church.
Want to keep track of all the folks participating in The Root Institute virtual conference this year? Here’s a handy…
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I imagine I am a street sweeper.
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There is an interesting political conversation going on that was prompted by someone who few people expected to have…
Merriam-Webster defines “Becky” as “a white woman who is ignorant of both her privilege and her prejudice.”
Did it really take a former Republican congressman to finally launch the first black news network?
If you think the 2020 Oscars was going to return to regularly scheduled programming by featuring a single comedian…
After The Root’s Michael Harriot ripped Democratic presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg’s troubling tenure with black…
Once again, South Bend, Ind. mayor and presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg finds himself under the microscope and…
He has clapped back at our hate mail weekly; regularly educates us on the inextricable links between American…
Most white people don’t actively fight to eradicate inequality and injustice because they usually benefit in some…
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This week, besides having to scroll through all things Rumi and Sir Carter, I learned that Madame Tussauds doesn’t…
On Thursday the Supreme Court upheld the University of Texas’ affirmative action policies and shot down claims by…