PoliticsPoliticsBiden Continues to Churn, Steyer’s Got Money to Burn and Buttigieg’s Got a Lot to Learn: 2020 Presidential Black Power Rankings, Week 24“You know my mother thinks she knows you. Like she talks about you like y’all are friends.” A friend of mine told me…ByJason JohnsonPublishedJanuary 10, 2020
PoliticsPoliticsMeet Mayor Pete’s New Black FriendAfter The Root’s Michael Harriot ripped Democratic presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg’s troubling tenure with black…ByStephen A. Crockett Jr.PublishedJanuary 9, 2020
NewsRace MattersNewsRace MattersMayor Pete’s Invisible Black PoliceGiven the choice of superpowers, would you rather have the ability to fly or the power of invisibility?ByMichael HarriotPublishedJanuary 8, 2020
PoliticsPoliticsBooker Learns to Dance, Biden Affirms His Stance and Klobuchar Is Saying There’s a Chance: 2020 Presidential Black Power Rankings, Week 23It’s the beginning of the end, everybody, so get your popcorn ready. While this is the first Black Power Ranking of…ByJason JohnsonPublishedJanuary 3, 2020
NewsNewsHere We Go Again: Buttigieg Getting Dragged for Saying Constitution Signers Didn't Know Slavery Was BadOnce again, South Bend, Ind. mayor and presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg finds himself under the microscope and…ByZack LinlyPublishedDecember 31, 2019
PoliticsPoliticsOprah’s Gift Is Her Presence, Storm Has Iridescence and Kaepernick Will Keep You Guessing: 2020 Presidential Black Power Rankings, Week 22The best things about Christmas (also Kwanzaa and Hanukkah) heading into New Year’s week are the gifts and the…ByJason JohnsonPublishedDecember 30, 2019
PoliticsPoliticsWarren Uses the Force, Klobuchar Beats a Dead Horse and Buttigieg Needs to Change Course: 2020 Presidential Black Power Rankings, Week 21In a galaxy far, far away, on a planet teeming with life but suffering from global warming, dirty oceans and way too…ByJason JohnsonPublishedDecember 20, 2019
PoliticsPoliticsHey Did You Know There Was a Debate on Tonight? Me Either. But Here’s Everything You Need to KnowSo it turns out the League of Extraordinarily Lame Democratic candidates is gearing up for their final debate of the…ByStephen A. Crockett Jr.PublishedDecember 19, 2019
PoliticsPoliticsPete Buttigieg Is (Also) Lying About His AgeI was tempted to begin this by saying I’m ashamed to admit that I haven’t been paying much attention to the…ByDamon YoungPublishedDecember 17, 2019
PoliticsPoliticsWarren Takes a Tumble, Biden Is Ready to Rumble and Patrick Continues to Bumble: 2020 Presidential Black Power Rankings, Week 20I’m here with you, but I’m not here FOR you…ByJason JohnsonPublishedDecember 16, 2019
PoliticsNow playing PoliticsPete Buttigieg on Institutional Racism, Economic Inequality, and White SupremacyHe said it.PublishedDecember 9, 2019
PoliticsPoliticsHarris Was Good in Theory, Buttigieg Makes Us Weary and Biden Sees Things Clearly: 2020 Presidential Black Power Rankings, Week 19“Kamala Harris is dropping out but Pete Buttigieg is still in?”ByJason JohnsonPublishedDecember 6, 2019
NewsOpinionSome ThoughtsNewsOpinionSome ThoughtsPete Buttigieg Called Me. Here's What HappenedThe first thing you should know about me is that I absolutely hate talking on the phone.ByMichael HarriotPublishedNovember 26, 2019
PoliticsPoliticsPete Buttigieg Is a Lying MFSeven thousand three hundred twenty-two dollars.ByMichael HarriotPublishedNovember 25, 2019
PoliticsPoliticsMayor Pete Ain’t Got to Lie, Deval Patrick Is Gonna Try and the Harris Campaign Won’t Die: 2020 Presidential Black Power Rankings, Week 18 1/2“Seriously, you might as well bathe yourself in barbecue sauce for all the smoke you’re gonna take this week” —My…ByJason JohnsonPublishedNovember 19, 2019
PoliticsPoliticsBeto Battles the Undead, Booker Said What He SAID and Mayor Pete’s Been Left on Read: 2020 Presidential Black Power Rankings, Week 16 [Updated]The committee absolutely loves Halloween—and by the committee, I mean me (Dr. Johnson, politics editor of The Root),…ByJason JohnsonPublishedNovember 1, 2019
PoliticsPoliticsIrony: Harris, Booker and Castro Face Uphill Battle in Race for the Democratic Nod for President Despite a Diverse FieldDespite fielding one of the most diverse groups of presidential candidates, based on most recent poll numbers, the…ByDara SharifPublishedOctober 29, 2019
PoliticsPoliticsButtigieg Needs More People, Harris' Salon Game Has No Equal and Castro Needs a Refill: 2020 Presidential Black Power Rankings, Week 15This week in the Power Rankings are just messy. We’re talking Real Housewives of Atlanta-TMZ-Get her, Jade-level of…ByJason JohnsonPublishedOctober 25, 2019
PoliticsPoliticsBernie Can’t Say Our Name, Beto Has No Shame, and Biden Can’t Be Tamed: 2020 Presidential Black Power Rankings, Week 14During a week where there is a Democratic debate the Power Rankings usually focus on who performed best, and how…ByJason JohnsonPublishedOctober 18, 2019
10/11/19Bernie Rises Above, Kamala Cries Like a Dove and Yang’s Got No Computer Love: 2020 Presidential Black Power Rankings, Week 13Earlier this week, Marcus Ferrell (former African-American outreach director for Bernie Sanders for America 2016,…ByJason JohnsonPublishedOctober 11, 2019