PoliticsPoliticsWhy Biden Must Choose Shalanda Young Now That Neera Tanden’s Nomination Has FailedIf any of you thought that Republicans weren’t going to continue their all-out efforts to fuck over America then you…ByStephen A. Crockett Jr.PublishedMarch 3, 2021
PoliticsPoliticsDespite Previously Acknowledging There Was No Evidence of Voter Fraud, Georgia House Republicans Still Vote to Pass Restrictive Voting BillThe wrong people voted. That seems to be the general consensus among Georgia Republicans, because despite repeatedly…ByJoe JuradoPublishedMarch 2, 2021
NewsNewsSupreme Court Hears Arguments in Case With Critical Implications for Voting Rights ActIt’s no secret that Republicans are inimical to people with melanin having equal, fair access to the ballot box. And…ByIshena RobinsonPublishedMarch 2, 2021
NewsObituaryNewsObituaryCivil Rights Icon and Political Adviser Vernon Jordan Dies at 85Vernon Jordan, an iconic civil rights leader, presidential adviser and lawyer who held leadership roles at the…ByIshena RobinsonPublishedMarch 2, 2021
PoliticsPoliticsMissouri Sen. Josh Hawley Said Systemic Racism is Fake and America 'Liberated Slaves'. I Translated His White Fragility Speech for YouSo, Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley is out here pretending that he’s not the Meg Griffin of the Republican party again. On…ByZack LinlyPublishedFebruary 28, 2021
PoliticsPoliticsMitch McConnell Says He'd 'Absolutely' Support Another Trump Presidency Despite Trump Calling Him a 'Political Hack'That’s it: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell shall henceforth be known by the name Trump’s-Lil’-Bitch…ByZack LinlyPublishedFebruary 27, 2021
PoliticsPoliticsDuring His Presidency Obama Found That White Hate of Black People Made Reparations a Pipe DreamIt isn’t that the first Black president didn’t believe or want to give Black folks their 40 acres and a mule; it’s…ByStephen A. Crockett Jr.PublishedFebruary 26, 2021
NewsNewsFederal Judge in Texas Rules Government's COVID-Related Eviction Moratorium Is UnconstitutionalSometimes it really feels like America is The Bad Place.ByIshena RobinsonPublishedFebruary 26, 2021
NewsOpinionClapback/MailbagNewsOpinionClapback/MailbagThe Root's Clapback Mailbag: How to Be an Anti-AntiracistAre you white?ByMichael HarriotPublishedFebruary 26, 2021
PoliticsPoliticsSenate Referee Shoots Down Minimum Wage Increase, Now Some Democrats Want Her FiredLet’s play a game, shall we?ByStephen A. Crockett Jr.PublishedFebruary 26, 2021
NewsNewsWisconsin Group Tried to Purge Nearly 17,000 Eligible Voters Because Voter Suppression Is the Republican WayRepublicans don’t want non-Republicans voting. This statement is as factual as “Two plus two equals four.” ByZack LinlyPublishedFebruary 25, 2021
NewsNewsAlleged Capitol Rioter Identified After Ex-Girlfriend Shared Berating Texts Sent From the Capitol With the FBIIt’s been going on close to two months since the redneck Taliban attacked the U.S. Capitol building because the…ByZack LinlyPublishedFebruary 25, 2021
NewsNewsAlabama's New Anti-BLM 'Riot Bill' Targets Peaceful Black Protesters. I Know Because I Was One of ThemFinally, all my years of “thugging” have paid off! I’m getting my own law!ByMichael HarriotPublishedFebruary 25, 2021
NewsNewsCapitol Chief Says Extremists Want to 'Blow Up the Capitol' at Biden's State of the Union AddressThe U.S. Capitol is still at risk of a domestic terrorist attack—potentially one even bigger than the violence white…ByIshena RobinsonPublishedFebruary 25, 2021
NewsNewsBiden Administration Will Send Masks to Low-Income Communities Across the CountryWe’re a year into the pandemic, but the U.S. government is still getting around to implementing some common-sense…ByIshena RobinsonPublishedFebruary 25, 2021
NewsNewsPentagon Report Spotlights White Supremacism in U.S. Military That Can Increase ‘Potency of Planned Violent Attacks’The recent revelations of a Pentagon report sent to Congress ahead of the 2020 election probing white supremacy in…ByIshena RobinsonPublishedFebruary 25, 2021
PoliticsPoliticsOne of Biden’s Cabinet Picks Is Looking Doomed, but Her Replacement Could Be a Black Woman and That’s Fine by MeI know that I was in full cape mode for all of President Joe Biden’s picks when I learned that Republicans were…ByStephen A. Crockett Jr.PublishedFebruary 25, 2021
CultureHistoryCultureHistory'By Means Fair or Foul': America's Conspiracy to Assassinate Black PowerThere is no such thing as “white people.”ByMichael HarriotPublishedFebruary 25, 2021
PoliticsPoliticsBiden’s Nominees of Color Facing More Intense Republican Scrutiny Than His White Picks. If Only We Knew WhyIt would be nice to live in a world where everything made sense. For example, I’d love to know why Taylor Swift is…ByStephen A. Crockett Jr.PublishedFebruary 24, 2021
NewsNewsSecurity Officials Testify to Senate That Violent Capitol Insurrection Was Unforeseeable, Blame Breakdown in IntelligenceAt a Senate hearing on Tuesday, the former chief of Capitol Police, Steven Sund, stridently denied that the violent…ByIshena RobinsonPublishedFebruary 23, 2021