CultureCultureFlorida Governor to Haitian Migrants: You’re Not Welcome HereFlorida sued the federal government Tuesday, demanding the Biden administration retain people who claim asylum at…ByStephen A. Crockett Jr.PublishedOctober 4, 2021
PoliticsPoliticsFlorida Gov. Ron DeSantis May Not Run for President Because He’s Too Busy Fighting Critical Race Theory. No, Seriously.DeSantis honestly believes that ensuring that CRT doesn't worm its way into schools is his life's work.ByStephen A. Crockett Jr.PublishedOctober 1, 2021
NewsNewsFlorida Lawmaker Proposes Abortion Ban, ‘Florida Heartbeat Act’Republican State Rep. Webster Barnaby proposed the law just weeks after the abortion ban in Texas went into effect.ByRachel PilgrimPublishedSeptember 24, 2021
NewsCoronavirusNewsCoronavirusFlorida Gov. Ron DeSantis Says Asymptomatic Students Exposed to COVID-19 Can Go to SchoolIn this latest attempt to kill off his constituents, Gov. DeSantis says the new policy acknowledges that quarantines…ByRachel PilgrimPublishedSeptember 23, 2021
PoliticsPoliticsLawd, Gov. Ron DeSantis Found a Black Doctor Who Opposes Mask and Vaccine Mandates. So He Made Him Florida’s Next Surgeon GeneralDr. Joseph Ladapo is a Harvard-trained doctor who believes that people’s rights are more important than science.ByStephen A. Crockett Jr.PublishedSeptember 22, 2021
PoliticsPoliticsFlorida Gov. Ron DeSantis Continues Quest to Be America’s Biggest LoserThe Trump clone now wants to fine city and county governments $5,000 for each employee forced to get the COVID-19…ByStephen A. Crockett Jr.PublishedSeptember 14, 2021
PoliticsPoliticsIt Is Almost Impossible for Florida Not to SuckThe state is withholding funds from school districts that ignored the governor's ban on masks mandates even though…ByStephen A. Crockett Jr.PublishedAugust 31, 2021
NewsCoronavirusNewsCoronavirusPoll: Black Americans Are Getting Vaccinated at Higher Rates Than Whites71 percent of Black people say they have received a vaccine versus 61 percent of whites.ByTerrell Jermaine StarrPublishedAugust 25, 2021
NewsNewsWe Fact-Checked Fox News' Racist Lie. It Turns Out, the Pandemic Is Worse in Republican StatesPeople who live in MAGA states are infected, hospitalized and killed by COVID at twice the rate of people living in…ByMichael HarriotPublishedAugust 20, 2021
PoliticsPoliticsFlorida Gov. Ron #DeathSantis Won’t Require Masks but Is Pushing One of His Top Donor’s COVID-19 Drug InvestmentsThe CEO of Citadel, a hedge fund that has $15.9 million in shares of Regeneron Pharmaceutical, has given more than…ByStephen A. Crockett Jr.PublishedAugust 19, 2021
PoliticsPolitics4 Florida Teachers Die From COVID-19 in 24 Hours and the Stupid-Ass Governor Is Still Banning Mask Mandates in SchoolsRon DeSantis is continuing his lifelong legacy of ensuring that Florida continues to be the worst state in America.ByStephen A. Crockett Jr.PublishedAugust 13, 2021
OpinionClapback/MailbagOpinionClapback/MailbagThe Root's Clapback Mailbag: ...Which Proves My PointEach Friday, we clap back at readers' emails, DMs, tweets and messages. We do it because we care.ByMichael HarriotPublishedAugust 13, 2021
PoliticsPoliticsFloridians, Does Ron DeSantis Want to Kill You or Does He Just Want You to Die?In the fight against the deadly coronavirus, it seems like Florida's governor has decided to side with Team COVID.ByMichael HarriotPublishedAugust 12, 2021
PoliticsPoliticsCOVIDiots: Florida Governor Wants to Withhold Salary of Any School Leader Who Requires Masks; Meanwhile, Texas Governor Is Begging for Help With COVID OutbreakFla. Gov. Ron DeSantis and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott are still banning mask mandates while their states are seeing huge…ByStephen A. Crockett Jr.PublishedAugust 10, 2021
NewsNewsGov. Ron DeSantis Signs Florida Mandate to Survey College Students' Views...Because He's Worried About 'Indoctrination'If conservatives like DeSantis have nothing else, they have the nerve. Florida's new 'viewpoint diversity' mandate…ByZack LinlyPublishedJune 25, 2021
CultureHistoryCultureHistoryThe Grave of a Former Slave Turned Florida State Senator May Be Buried Under What's Now A Tampa Parking LotAs Juneteenth approaches, Tampa's local NAACP wants the city to commit to finding the graves that once rested at…ByJ.L. CookPublishedJune 13, 2021
PoliticsPoliticsGov. Ron DeSantis Signs Transgender Sports Ban on the First Day of LGBTQ Pride MonthArchangel Gabriel was throwing his first cookout at his new house, and he invited everyone. God was nervous when he…ByStephen A. Crockett Jr.PublishedJune 1, 2021
NewsOpinionClapback/MailbagNewsOpinionClapback/MailbagThe Root's Clapback Mailbag: Oh, the Caucasity!Welcome back to another edition of the Clapback Mailbag. ByMichael HarriotPublishedMay 21, 2021
PoliticsPoliticsFlorida Gov. Ron DeSantis Continues to Love Up on Law-Breaking Whites, Plans to Pardon All Residents Who Violated COVID Health MandatesSo one day God was on a bender. He was going through a bad break up and was really tying one on. Well, because God…ByStephen A. Crockett Jr.PublishedMay 14, 2021
NewsOpinionThe Root UniversityNewsOpinionThe Root University'Woke,' Leftist & Black: The Incomplete Glossary of White SlursWhen a leftist goes to sleep, are they not “woke”? If an antifa retires, do they become profa? How many thugs make…ByMichael HarriotPublishedMay 11, 2021