Michael Harriot

9/14/21

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…

9/10/21

The Root's Clapback Mailbag: Same Thing

Each Friday, we clap back at readers' emails, DMs, tweets and messages. We do it because we care.

9/9/21

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…

9/9/21

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…

9/8/21

The LAPD Has Been Collecting Social Media Info to Use However They Want, Report Says

A report by the Brennan Center for Justice revealed the LAPD has quietly been collecting social media information at…

9/8/21

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…

9/3/21

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…

9/2/21

Is Credit Racist?

A recent investigation into the mortgage loan industry exposed the well-known systemic inequality embedded in…

9/1/21

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,…

8/27/21

The Root's Clapback Mailbag: White Magic

Each Friday, we clap back at readers' emails, DMs, tweets and messages. We do it because we care.

8/26/21

It's 'White People'

If there's nothing wrong with discussing Black voters, Hispanic neighborhoods and Native American culture, why is…

8/24/21

'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.

8/20/21

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.

8/20/21

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…

8/19/21

'Freedoms,' Explained

Maybe it's time we find out which specific 'freedoms' are being taken away by COVID protocols and mask mandates.

8/17/21

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.

8/13/21

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.

8/13/21

The 6 Kinds of Karens

Despite the trend to label every entitled white woman as a Karen, research indicates these privileged princesses…

8/12/21

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.

8/10/21

'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,…

Michael Harriot's posts

White Football Fans Chanted 'F--k Joe Biden' on 9/11. At Auburn, It's an American Tradition

The Root's Clapback Mailbag: Same Thing

Companies Announce One-Dose Flu and COVID Vaccine Booster

Cops Furious They Won't Be Able to Kill More Black People After Prosecutor Announces Not-So-Radical Police Reform

The LAPD Has Been Collecting Social Media Info to Use However They Want, Report Says

Fact-Checking Fauci: Black Doctors on Vaccine Hesitancy, Misinformation and America's Most Famous Physician

The Root's Clapback Mailbag: How Are We Doing?

Is Credit Racist?

Conservative School Districts Where Trump Held Maskless MAGA Rally Suddenly Reverse Course on COVID Mandates

The Root's Clapback Mailbag: White Magic

It's 'White People'

'Somebody Had to Do It': Black Superintendent Challenges Mask Mandate Prohibition

The Root's Clapback Mailbag: Free Dumb

We Fact-Checked Fox News' Racist Lie. It Turns Out, the Pandemic Is Worse in Republican States

'Freedoms,' Explained

Where Did All the White People Go? Ranking the Blackest and Whitest Places in America, According to the New Census Data

The Root's Clapback Mailbag: ...Which Proves My Point

The 6 Kinds of Karens

Floridians, Does Ron DeSantis Want to Kill You or Does He Just Want You to Die?

'Mandate' Is the New Jim Crow: Candace Owens, Rand Paul and the Oppression of the Conservative Death Cult