NewsNewsCharlottesville Robert E. Lee Statue to be Melted Down by Black ArtistsMonument was focal point of 2017 "Unite the Right" riotByKeith ReedPublishedDecember 8, 2021
NewsNewsBlack Museum Wants to Turn Charlottesville's Robert E. Lee Statue Into New ArtworkThe museum's proposal has received support from groups on the local and national levels.ByJ.L. CookPublishedOctober 23, 2021
NewsNewsGood Riddance: Robert E. Lee Statue Finally Taken Down in VirginiaWorkers will return on Thursday to remove the time capsule and decorative plaques.ByRachel PilgrimPublishedSeptember 8, 2021
NewsRace MattersNewsRace MattersStudents, NAACP File Federal Civil Rights Complaint Against University of Texas at Austin Over Racist Fight Song, Allege 'Hostile Environment'Students at UT-Austin continue their fight to get rid of the school's controversial spirit song 'The Eyes of Texas.'ByJay ConnorPublishedSeptember 8, 2021
NewsNewsVirginia Supreme Court Rules Statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee in Richmond Can Be RemovedThe statue was the subject of protests in the state capital last summer, and it's been a battle to remove it.ByRachel PilgrimPublishedSeptember 2, 2021
NewsRace MattersNewsRace MattersPortland, Ore., Statue of Only Black Person to Travel With Lewis and Clark Toppled OverFor some reason, racists in Portland really don't appear to like an enslaved Black man and voyager known as 'York.'ByZack LinlyPublishedAugust 2, 2021
PoliticsPoliticsAn Exclusive Interview With 4 Infamous People Who Don't ExistHave you wondered why no one has interviewed a K-12 CRT teacher, a respected doctor who's anti-vaccine or any of the…ByMichael HarriotPublishedJuly 28, 2021
NewsRace MattersNewsRace MattersArizona Sen. Wendy Rogers Says She Likes Confederates but Doesn’t Like ‘Traitors Who Hate America.’ So Here’s the Thing...The White Revisionist Guide to History must be one hell of a book.ByZack LinlyPublishedJuly 26, 2021
CultureHistoryCultureHistory40 Black History Sites in America Receive $3 million in Preservation Grant MoneyThe money comes from the African-American Cultural Heritage Action Fund, which was founded in 2017.ByJ.L. CookPublishedJuly 18, 2021
NewsNewsFlorida Man Attempts to Have Ex-Girlfriend and Her Relatives Killed, Tries to Blame Black Lives Matter for the Crimes, Feds SayY'all might want to sit down and grab some popcorn for this one. People really think BLM is some kind of organized…ByZack LinlyPublishedJuly 14, 2021
NewsNewsBronze Confederate Monument That Sparked Deadly Charlottesville Rally Removed on SaturdayThe decision to take down statues of Confederate generals Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson was years in the…ByJ.L. CookPublishedJuly 10, 2021
EntertainmentIt's LitEntertainmentIt's LitOn Juneteenth: Pulitzer Prize-Winning Historian Annette Gordon-Reed Explores the Origin of an American HolidayGordon-Reed's book of essays put a personal lens on the day commemorating the emancipation of Texas' enslaved…ByAnnette Gordon-ReedPublishedJune 16, 2021
CultureCultureCharlottesville City Council Votes to Finally Remove 2 Confederate Statues From Local ParksWho knew it would only take 4 years and a whole race riot?ByJoe JuradoPublishedJune 8, 2021
NewsNewsMasked Man Pulls Out Gun During Zoom Lecture About Racism Within 'Eyes of Texas' SongIn recent months, there has been growing controversy surrounding the kinda, sorta, totally racist school song of the…ByJoe JuradoPublishedMay 6, 2021
NewsNewsFamily Member of Robert E. Lee Joins Fight to Have Confederate Statue RemovedThat we even have to debate whether a statue of Robert E. Lee should exist tells us how backwards many people in…ByTerrell Jermaine StarrPublishedMay 5, 2021
NewsOpinionClapback/MailbagNewsOpinionClapback/MailbagThe Root's Clapback Mailbag: We Have QuestionsWhile I’m generally known for my quiet, kind-hearted demeanor and as someone who accepts racism quietly and would…ByMichael HarriotPublishedApril 30, 2021
NewsNewsWhite Woman Loses Job for Telling Black Woman She’s ‘Not the Right Color’Welcome back to another installment of “You About to Lose Your Job: 2021 Edition!” Today’s story of avoidable…ByJoe JuradoPublishedApril 26, 2021
NewsNews‘White Lies Matter’ Group Steals Confederate Monument, Threatens to Turn It Into Toilet if Ransom Demands Aren’t MetWhite Lies Matter is a group that claimed responsibility for the disappearance of a Confederate monument in Selma,…ByZack LinlyPublishedApril 7, 2021
NewsRace MattersNewsRace MattersVirginia Supreme Court Rules That Charlottesville Can Remove a Pair of Confederate StatuesConsidering the level of violence and chaos white supremacists brought to Charlottesville, Va., nearly four years…ByJoe JuradoPublishedApril 1, 2021
NewsRace MattersNewsRace Matters'Jesus Never Condemned Slavery': Florida Board to Rename Robert E. Lee High School. White People Object by Being Racist AFFor nearly a year now, a community in Duval County of Jacksonville, Fla., has been in the midst of a controversy…ByZack LinlyPublishedMarch 27, 2021