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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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We Fact-Checked Fox News’ Racist Lie. It Turns Out, the Pandemic Is Worse in Republican States
People who live in MAGA states are infected, hospitalized and killed by COVID at twice the rate of people living in Democrat-led states.
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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.
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The Root’s Clapback Mailbag: …Which Proves My Point
Each Friday, we clap back at readers’ emails, DMs, tweets and messages. We do it because we care.
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Floridians, 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.
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‘Mandate’ Is the New Jim Crow: Candace Owens, Rand Paul and the Oppression of the Conservative Death Cult
According to the newest right-wing narrative, COVID restrictions are forms of segregation targeting anti-vaxxers, anti-maskers and anti-fact conservatives.
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Ohio Court Sentences Black Woman to 18 Months in Prison the Day After Giving White Woman Probation for Same Crime
Sentencing disparity prompts calls for reform after Black woman sentenced for embezzling $40,000 while a white woman got probation after stealing $250,000.
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The Root’s Clapback Mailbag: Safety First
Each Friday, we clap back at readers’ emails, DMs, tweets and messages. We do it because we care.
