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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.
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The GOP’s White Nationalist Endgame Has Already Begun in Georgia
There’s no need to wonder if Republicans will use the new slate of restrictive voting laws to suppress the Black vote. They’ve already started.
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The Anti-MAGA Movement: Rev. William Barber’s Quest to Make America Great, For Once
The reverend’s Poor People’s Campaign is working to build an America that is the exact opposite of Donald Trump’s immoral white nationalist oligarchy
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A Coroner Said a Black Missouri Teen Committed Suicide In the Attic of a Man Known for Racist Social Media Posts. A Jury Disagreed
Derontae Martin’s mysterious death was ruled a suicide despite witness accounts claiming a Confederate flag-flying homeowner was involved.
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The Root’s Clapback Mailbag: The Content of Dumb Characters
Each Friday, we clap back at readers’ emails, DMs, tweets and messages. We do it because we care.
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I Do Not Love America
As Theodore DeReese Pendergrass once said: ‘It’s so good loving a country when your country loves you back.’ I’ll let you know when it happens.
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We Need to Talk About Violence in the White Community (Seriously, We Do)
Perhaps the most revealing takeaway from the House insurrection panel’s first day of testimony was the level of astonishment regarding the violence on Jan. 6.
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Gaetz, Gohmert, Greene Try to Storm DOJ, Flee When Their Clown Show Turns Into an Actual Circus
Matt Gaetz, Louis Gohmert and Marjorie Taylor Greene’s attempt to storm the Justice Department building was thwarted by locks, whistles and protesters.
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An Exclusive Interview With 4 Infamous People Who Don’t Exist
Have you wondered why no one has interviewed a K-12 CRT teacher, a respected doctor who’s anti-vaccine or any of the people you hear about on Fox News?
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The 1609 Project: The Republican-Approved History of America
The GOP’s attacks on teaching accurate history have sparked a new whitewashing industry. But what would a GOP-approved history book look like?