PoliticsPoliticsVirginia GOP Official Resigns after Post Calling for "Public Lynching" Resurfaces [Updated]David Dietrich, of Hampton's electoral board, has resigned following the resurfacing of racist Facebook posts…ByKalyn WomackPublishedApril 13, 2022
PoliticsPoliticsFormer ATL Dem turned MAGA Mascot Vernon Jones Runs for CongressVernon Jones dropped an unwinnable bid for GA governor for a probably unwinnable bid to go to WashingtonByKeith ReedPublishedFebruary 11, 2022
NewsNewsBipartisan Group of Senators Work On Election Reform..But Not the Way You're ThinkingThe changes are targeting the Electoral Count Act of 1887, specifically.ByMurjani RawlsPublishedJanuary 26, 2022
OpinionA WordOpinionA WordSen. Mitch McConnell Has Convenient Short-Term Memory About the FilibusterSen. McConnell is ok with adjusting the filibuster to rush Supreme Court justices, but not for voting rights.ByMurjani RawlsPublishedJanuary 13, 2022
OpinionSome ThoughtsOpinionSome ThoughtsSurprising No One, Senate Republicans Have No Midterm Agenda. Democratic Party, Let's Talk.Ahead of the 2022 midterms, Senate Republicans plan to watch the Democratic party trip over itself. Let's talk…ByMurjani RawlsPublishedJanuary 12, 2022
PoliticsPoliticsGeorgia GOP Purging Black People from Election BoardsRepublicans are going full Jim Crow to hold onto powerByKeith ReedPublishedDecember 13, 2021
PoliticsPoliticsIn Further Proof That the World Is About to End, Herschel Walker Is Georgia's Leading GOP Senate CandidatePolls show the former NFL star is ahead of the pack of candidates vying to unseat Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock.ByMichael HarriotPublishedNovember 1, 2021
PoliticsPoliticsPlease Make It So: Trump Claims His Supporters Won’t Vote in 2022 or 2024 If America Doesn’t Solve the Great 'Election Fraud of 2020'Despite last year's election being the most secure in history, Trump still claims he was robbed and is tell his…ByStephen A. Crockett Jr.PublishedOctober 15, 2021
PoliticsPoliticsTexas GOP Proposed Redistricting Map Would Reduce Black and Hispanic Majority Congressional DistrictsDespite people of color making up 95 percent of the state's growth over the last decade, Republicans are moving to…ByTerrell Jermaine StarrPublishedSeptember 28, 2021
PoliticsPoliticsNorth Carolina Judges Block Voter ID Law From Taking Effect, Saying It Discriminates Against Black VotersThe Republican speaker of the state's House of Representatives says they will appeal the decision.ByJ.L. CookPublishedSeptember 19, 2021
PoliticsPoliticsTexas Democrats Pledge to Stay Out of State to Stop Republicans From Passing Voter Suppression LawsGreg Abbott is planning another special House session this weekend to pass voter suppression laws that hurt…ByTerrell Jermaine StarrPublishedAugust 6, 2021
NewsRace MattersNewsRace MattersNewt Gingrich Is Afraid 'The Left' Will Replace 'Classic Americans' With Immigrants, and I Struggle to See the ProblemConservatives are concerned the culture wars will cause whiteness to be phased out as the default dominant culture…ByZack LinlyPublishedAugust 5, 2021
OpinionClapback/MailbagOpinionClapback/MailbagThe Root's Clapback Mailbag: The Content of Dumb CharactersEach Friday, we clap back at readers' emails, DMs, tweets and messages. We do it because we care.ByMichael HarriotPublishedJuly 30, 2021
PoliticsPoliticsWhite People vs. EverybodyNo longer pretending to care about fiscal conservatism, family values, patriotism or even their beloved troops, the…ByMichael HarriotPublishedJuly 19, 2021
CultureSportsCultureSportsRepublicans to Air All-Star Game Ads Blaming Democrats for MLB's Decision to Move the Game Out of Georgia Over Voter Suppression LawsAll Georgia officials had to do was not pass restrictive voting laws and they could have had their little baseball…ByZack LinlyPublishedJuly 12, 2021
NewsNewsToyota Changes Its Tune, Announces It Will No Longer Donate to Republicans Who Voted Against Certifying Election ResultsWe shouldn't treat congressional Republicans who tried to undermine a legal and fair election like all they did was…ByZack LinlyPublishedJuly 9, 2021
PoliticsPoliticsTexas Democrats Block Republican Voter Suppression Bill by Walking TF Off the House FloorOn Sunday, The Root reported that the GOPropagandist-controlled Texas Senate approved what is very clearly a voter…ByZack LinlyPublishedMay 31, 2021
PoliticsPoliticsBiden to Unveil Sweeping Childcare Plan to Congress, and Republicans Plan to Send Lone Black Senator as TributeOn Wednesday night, President Joe Biden will address Congress and reportedly unveil a $1.8 trillion plan to aid…ByStephen A. Crockett Jr.PublishedApril 28, 2021
PoliticsPoliticsTexas Republican Caught on Video Organizing 'Brigade' of Volunteers to Watch Voters in Mostly Black and Latinx Houston PrecinctsA Republican official in Harris County, Texas, was heard on a video presentation saying that 10,000 volunteers were…ByTerrell Jermaine StarrPublishedApril 9, 2021
PoliticsPoliticsReactions to MLB Moving All-Star Game From Georgia: Some Dems Acknowledge Necessity of Action, Big Mad Republicans Blame WokenessThe fallout from Georgia’s new voter suppression laws and the Major Baseball League’s decision to pull the All-Star…ByIshena RobinsonPublishedApril 5, 2021