NewsOpinionOpinionNewsOpinionOpinionCorporate Monopolies Are a Racial Justice Issue. We Need Federal Regulation NowFrom a racial justice perspective, it is important to note that all major industries in America are monopolies…ByJade Magnus OgunnaikePublishedJanuary 29, 2021
NewsOpinionThe Root UniversityNewsOpinionThe Root UniversityHow to Be a Black AllyWhite people are having a hard time right now.ByMichael HarriotPublishedJanuary 28, 2021
NewsOpinionOpinionNewsOpinionOpinionBlack Vets Weren't Surprised Military Members Stormed the Capitol. Now They Want the Department of Defense to Root Out Far-Right Extremism in Its RanksIn 2010, while serving as an Army combat medic, I was stationed on a former Nazi-base in Western Germany.ByRichard BrookshirePublishedJanuary 27, 2021
CultureNow playing CultureI've Got a Meme for That: Unpacking the Racist Practice of Digital Blackface in the Information AgeDigital blackface. PublishedJanuary 26, 2021
NewsNewsRay Fisher Confirms Warner Bros. Dismissed Him From The Flash, Claims DC Films President Undermined Abuse InvestigationThough Warner Bros. Pictures has concluded their investigation into Justice League co-star Ray Fisher’s work abuse…ByTonja Renée StidhumPublishedJanuary 14, 2021
NewsNewsVirtual Memorial to Phoenix Civil Rights Activist Calvin C. Goode Disrupted by Hackers Yelling Racial SlursA virtual memorial held for Calvin C. Goode, a civil rights activist and a 22-year member of the Phoenix City…ByJoe JuradoPublishedJanuary 13, 2021
NewsRace MattersNewsRace MattersNYPD Anti-Discrimination Deputy Accused of Online Bigotry Retires Following SuspensionStop me if you’ve heard this one: The head of the NYPD’s workplace discrimination office has been accused of being…ByZack LinlyPublishedJanuary 12, 2021
NewsRace MattersNewsRace MattersReport: D.C. Police Made At Least 5 Times More Arrests During One Day of BLM Protests Than at Capitol InsurrectionSurprising no one, but confirming of us what many suspected while watching a free-wheeling mass of Trump supporters…ByIshena RobinsonPublishedJanuary 9, 2021
NewsRace MattersNewsRace MattersLabor Department Suspends Trump’s Federal Diversity Training Ban—Because It’s Racist and DumbWelp, Donald Trump is on his way out of office and it looks like some of his stupid-ass policies are soon to follow.…ByZack LinlyPublishedJanuary 8, 2021
NewsCriminal JusticeCrimeNewsCriminal JusticeCrimeBrick With Racial Slurs Thrown at Window of Black-Owned Business in ChicagoApparently, white people around the country just felt like being their truest, most racist selves on Wednesday. A…ByJoe JuradoPublishedJanuary 7, 2021
NewsRace MattersNewsRace MattersTennessee Football Coach Fired for Calling Stacey Abrams ‘Fat Albert’ and ‘Big Girl’ Over Georgia Runoff ResultsMuch like their cult leader, Trump supporters are a special kind of stupid. ByZack LinlyPublishedJanuary 7, 2021
NewsOpinionOpinionNewsOpinionOpinionWe Need to Hold Corporate Enablers Accountable for the White Supremacist Insurgency at the CapitolOn Wednesday, our country witnessed what happens when we fail to address and reconcile a history of racial terror,…ByRashad RobinsonPublishedJanuary 7, 2021
PoliticsPoliticsJustice Department Makes Moves to Undo Certain Civil Rights ProtectionsInstead of just filing a two-week notice and coasting until Inauguration Day, the Justice Department has opted to…ByJoe JuradoPublishedJanuary 6, 2021
NewsRace MattersNewsRace MattersNew Jersey Karen Arrested and Charged After N-Word-Laced Racist Attack on Black WomanOn Tuesday, The Root reported that a bigoted old white woman was recorded harassing a Black woman in Bayonne, N.J.,…ByZack LinlyPublishedJanuary 6, 2021
NewsRace MattersNewsRace MattersNew Jersey Karen Repeatedly Hurls N-Word at Black Woman; NJ Official Wants Her InvestigatedThere are two types of people who want us to stop using “Karen” as a pejorative term for racist and/or entitled…ByZack LinlyPublishedJanuary 5, 2021
NewsRace MattersNewsRace MattersProud Boys Leader Arrested and Charged With Burning BLM Banner Displayed in Black DC ChurchOn Monday, The Root reported that church officials from several congregations in Washington, D.C., have requested…ByZack LinlyPublishedJanuary 5, 2021
NewsCoronavirusNewsCoronavirusOregon COVID-19 Relief Funds Reserved for Underserved Black People in Jeopardy Due to LawsuitsAfter the first round of Paycheck Protection Program loans meant to help small businesses survive shutdowns due to…ByZack LinlyPublishedJanuary 4, 2021
NewsRace MattersNewsRace MattersCandace Owens Is Big Mad at Netflix and Uber Eats for Having Black Categories, Calls it 'Segregation'Candace “If Miss Millie Were Black” Owens stays trying it, doesn’t she?ByZack LinlyPublishedJanuary 4, 2021
NewsNewsAttorneys for Gregory and Travis McMichael Request That Ahmaud Arbery Not Be Called a ‘Victim’ in CourtRecent motions filed by attorneys for Gregory and Travis McMichael—the father and son accused of chasing down and…ByZack LinlyPublishedJanuary 4, 2021
NewsOpinionOpinionNewsOpinionOpinionOpposition To the Term Karen Continues Because an Unwillingness To Tackle Racism Continues, Despite the Brief Reckoning in 2020Whenever Black people collectively and specifically speak to the realities of anti-Blackness, there is often…ByIshena RobinsonPublishedJanuary 2, 2021