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The Root’s Clapback Mailbag: I’ll Try It Your Way
Each Friday, we clap back at readers’ emails, DMs, tweets and messages. We do it because we care.
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In Loving Memory of Tim Scott
Sen. Tim Scott was once a proponent of police accountability. But after he obstructed police reform legislation, even cops are calling him a liar.
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The Unbearable Whiteness of the Democratic Party…and America
Activists, voters and members of the Congressional Black Caucus have expressed frustration at the Democratic Party’s apathy on issues that affect Black America.
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White Football Fans Chanted ‘F–k Joe Biden’ on 9/11. At Auburn, It’s an American Tradition
College football fans across the country showed their patriotism on 9/11 with an obscene chant. Here is a firsthand account from one College Football blueblood.
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Companies Announce One-Dose Flu and COVID Vaccine Booster
Pharmaceutical companies Moderna and Novavax are working on a one-shot vaccine that offers protection against COVID-19 and influenza.
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Fact-Checking Fauci: Black Doctors on Vaccine Hesitancy, Misinformation and America’s Most Famous Physician
We spoke to Dr. Anthony Fauci about the COVID vaccine, conspiracies and hesitancy. Then we asked trusted Black doctors the same questions.
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Conservative School Districts Where Trump Held Maskless MAGA Rally Suddenly Reverse Course on COVID Mandates
One week after Trump brought his traveling COVID circus to town, nearly one-third of students in Cullman County, Ala. are out because of the coronavirus.
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It’s ‘White People’
If there’s nothing wrong with discussing Black voters, Hispanic neighborhoods and Native American culture, why is the media so afraid to mention whiteness?
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‘Somebody Had to Do It’: Black Superintendent Challenges Mask Mandate Prohibition
A majority-Black district’s fight against a South Carolina ban on mask mandates may affect schools across the nation.
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‘Freedoms,’ Explained
Maybe it’s time we find out which specific ‘freedoms’ are being taken away by COVID protocols and mask mandates.
