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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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Cops Furious They Won’t Be Able to Kill More Black People After Prosecutor Announces Not-So-Radical Police Reform
The Minnesota prosecutor who indicted the cop who killed Philando Castile announced a policy that protects and serves. So why are police so upset about it?
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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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The Root’s Clapback Mailbag: How Are We Doing?
On the 4-year anniversary of the Clapback Mailbag, we look back at emails, tweets and DMs for our quadrennial performance review.
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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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The Root’s Clapback Mailbag: Free Dumb
Each Friday, we clap back at readers’ emails, DMs, tweets and messages. We do it because we care.
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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.
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Where Did All the White People Go? Ranking the Blackest and Whitest Places in America, According to the New Census Data
We looked at the new data from the U.S. Census Bureau to rank the Blackest and whitest places in America.
