NewsRace MattersNewsRace Matters'That's Not Who I Am': Soho Karen Has Been Identified and is *Yawn* Speaking Out About the IncidentIf “Karens never learn” was a person, she would have to be the white woman who accosted Jazz musician Keyon Harrold…ByZack LinlyPublishedJanuary 1, 2021
NewsRace MattersNewsRace MattersWe Need to Talk About the 'Twisted Tea' Incident and Why This Story MattersLet me first just say that we at The Root do not promote violence. We believe that you should use your words and…ByZack LinlyPublishedDecember 29, 2020
NewsNewsA County Attorney in Washington Resigned Due to ‘Racially Motivated Attacks’The more I hear about the Pacific Northwest, the more I’m good on ever checking it out. Everything I’ve been told by…ByJoe JuradoPublishedDecember 29, 2020
NewsRace MattersNewsRace MattersAtlanta Exxon Owner Plans to Sell Gas Station After Months of Anti-Racism Protests. Black Protest Organizer Wants to Buy ItIt looks like the owner of an Exxon gas station in Atlanta is finding out the hard way that being racist while…ByZack LinlyPublishedDecember 28, 2020
NewsCriminal JusticeSocial JusticeNewsCriminal JusticeSocial JusticeOakland Breonna Taylor Sculpture Smashed in Act of ‘Racist Aggression’ Two Weeks After Its InstallationMost people in America celebrate the holidays with family, good food and gift exchanges, but at least one miserable…ByZack LinlyPublishedDecember 28, 2020
NewsCriminal JusticeNewsCriminal JusticeVirginia Judge Rules Portraits of White Judges Prevents Black Defendant From Receiving a Fair TrialA judge in Virginia’s Fairfax County has ruled that the portraits of white judges in the courtroom prevent Black…ByJoe JuradoPublishedDecember 23, 2020
NewsRace MattersNewsRace Matters'Racism Is Not Welcome Here': Minnesota Residents Speak Out Against Whites-Only Church Permitted by City CouncilEarlier this month, The Root reported that in Murdock, Minn.—a small city of around 280 residents—white nationalist…ByZack LinlyPublishedDecember 23, 2020
NewsNewsAir Force Investigation Finds Black Personnel Are Subject to More Disciplinary Action, Face Numerous Racial DisparitiesI think it’s safe to say we live in a post-George Floyd world. Floyd’s tragic, violent death has spurred a…ByJoe JuradoPublishedDecember 22, 2020
NewsNews#EatingWhileBlack: An Innocent Black Man Gets Handcuffed While Eating With Family at Virginia Beach MallAnother day, another task to add to the ever-growing list of things Black folks can’t do for fear of having a…ByShanelle GenaiPublishedDecember 22, 2020
NewsRace MattersNewsRace MattersOregon Man Accused of Shouting Racial Slurs at Black FedEx Delivery Driver and Chasing Him Down With Pellet GunI want to say that 2020 really has white people wilding wilding, but really the actions of passionate racists…ByZack LinlyPublishedDecember 21, 2020
NewsRace MattersNewsRace MattersBlack Pastors Call Kelly Loeffler’s Attacks on ‘Radical’ Raphael Warnock Sermons an ‘Attack Against the Black Church’There’s a reason why white people—especially conservatives—are always so blind to their own racism: They view…ByZack LinlyPublishedDecember 21, 2020
NewsNewsNew York Passes Law Banning Confederate Flags, Hate Symbols From Being Sold on State PropertyNew York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a bill into law on Tuesday that would ban hate symbols from being sold on state…ByJoe JuradoPublishedDecember 17, 2020
NewsRace MattersNewsRace MattersWhite Man Who Shot and Killed Two Black People in Kentucky Kroger Sentenced to Life in PrisonGregory Alan Bush—the white man who walked into a Louisville, Ky., area Kroger supermarket in 2018 and fatally shot…ByZack LinlyPublishedDecember 17, 2020
CultureBlack ExcellenceCultureBlack ExcellenceAn Open Letter to Black People About Your Upcoming SuperpowersDear Prospective SuperNegroes,ByMichael HarriotPublishedDecember 17, 2020
CultureSportsCultureSportsMLB Elevates the Negro Leagues to Major League Status After Decades of Racial ExclusionAmerica sure seems to spend a lot of time correcting its history of racism and segregation by updating official…ByZack LinlyPublishedDecember 16, 2020
NewsEducationNewsEducationVirtual Talent Show at Sacramento State University Zoom-Bombed by RacistsA virtual talent show held for students at Sacramento State University was Zoom-bombed by two people who felt the…ByJoe JuradoPublishedDecember 15, 2020
CultureSportsCultureSportsHorse Owner Accused of Racism After Naming Racehorse 'Jungle Bunny'After hundreds of years, white people have yet to develop a cure for racism—though it only took them nine months to…ByJay ConnorPublishedDecember 14, 2020
CultureSportsCultureSportsUnseasoned Twitter Melts Down After the Cleveland Indians Decide to Get Rid of Its Racist-Ass NicknameSince establishing itself as a major league franchise in 1901, the Cleveland Indians have won a pair of World Series…ByJay ConnorPublishedDecember 14, 2020
NewsRace MattersNewsRace MattersMinnesota City Votes to Allow Existence of White Supremacist Church, Citing Religious FreedomReligious freedom is certainly an essential concept in America and much of the world, but it’s also a value that has…ByZack LinlyPublishedDecember 10, 2020
NewsRace MattersNewsRace MattersWhite North Carolina Man Accused of Using N-Word, Punching Woman and Minor Over BLM and Breonna Taylor SignsOne would think that after several years of the rallying cry’s existence, racist white people would at least be…ByZack LinlyPublishedDecember 9, 2020