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Students at Arizona High School Disciplined After Reenacting George Floyd's Murder
Students at an Arizona high school have been disciplined after a short video of them reenacting the murder of George Floyd began circulating on Twitter. The six-second video posted last week shows a kid kneeling on the back of another student’s neck at Highland High School in Gilbert. Someone in the video says, “They’re demonstrating…
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NY Man Finds Noose Hanging From His Workspace
A 23-year-old brotha in a New York City suburb just wanted to clock into work and earn a living. Instead, he was greeted with racial harassment and, most recently, a noose hanging from his workspace. The incident happened on April 20 at Cooper Power & Lighting Corp in Farmingdale, N.Y., in Suffolk County, Long Island.…
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At Least 6 Mass Shootings Occurred This Weekend
Another bloody weekend in America has renewed calls for gun reform out of Washington, after at least six mass shootings took place over a four-day span, starting Thursday night. It started in Indianapolis, Ind., Thursday at a FedEx facility where eight people were killed in a mass shooting. Four of the victims were Sikhs. It…
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Virginia 1st Southern State to Legalize Weed
Virginia is the first state in the South to legalize the recreational use of marijuana, the Associated Press reports. Starting in July, residents of that state will be able to possess and cultivate small amounts of marijuana. Lawmakers approved a number of changes Gov. Ralph Northam made in the bill that passed in the General…
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Florida Congressman Alcee Hastings Dead at 84 After Battle With Cancer
U.S. Rep. Alcee Hastings, the longest-serving member of Florida’s delegation to Washington, D.C., died Tuesday morning at age 84 after a long battle with pancreatic cancer, the Sun Sentinel reports. Hastings was a civil rights lawyer, judge and congressman who was known for his many political comebacks and bravery against injustice. When he first became…
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Georgia Governor Says State's Voter Suppression Law Isn't About Fraud
Georgia Governor Brian Kemp said during an interview with WABE, an Atlanta-based NPR affiliate, that the state’s recent law limiting access to the ballot box has nothing to do with voter fraud. The interviewer brought up unfounded claims by Republicans in the state that voter fraud was widespread during the state’s elections in 2020 and…
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The Presidential Race Isn't Finished, but One Thing Remains True…America Is Still Racist
Michigan’s secretary of state announced that final results won’t be ready until Wednesday. Philadelphia has 300,000 mail-in ballots to count. Milwaukee isn’t reporting until later this morning. And despite President Trump’s phony declaration of victory, we do not know who won the presidential election as of this morning. Because Trump doesn’t give a shit about…
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Watch: Kentucky U.S. Senate Candidate Charles Booker Calls for Defunding the Police and Term Limits
Kentucky State Rep. Charles Booker (D-Louisville) told The Root that momentum is moving in his favor and he doesn’t have to change his tone or adjust how he articulates his progressive brand of politics for white folks, either. Amy McGrath, the Democratic Party establishment’s favorite in the June 23 Kentucky primary, was supposed to cakewalk…
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Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer Joins The Root Today on Instagram Live
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is presiding over one of the most consequential states in the nation as we approach the November election. Elected in 2018 in the blue wave of Democrats who won executive and other local and national offices, Whitmer has withstood some shrapnel amid challenges in her state. At 2:30 p.m. ET, senior…
