Politics
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Exclusive: New Report Shows Gentrifiers Use Police to Terrorize Communities of Color—Without Even Calling 911
It was a story so ridiculous it seemed destined to go viral: A new Harlem resident, a white woman going only by the name Mackenzie, launched a veritable war against a neighborhood ice cream truck, complaining loudly and persistently about the noise and attempting, several times, to call 311—New York City’s hotline for quality of…
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Dumb Dullard Donald Trump Is Doing the Damn Most. Again.
Here is your regular reminder that your “president,” Donald Trump, is a big fat liar. He makes bold and ostentatious claims without any evidence, inflates his own ego with his bald-faced lies, and insults the everyday American people with his inane fabrications. This latest one is a doozy. We are in the midst of one…
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White House Directs IRS to Issue Tax Refunds, Narrowly Averting Bag Security-Related Backlash
The Trump administration contradicted all Republican logic, reversed precedent set by previous administrations and may have broken the law by announcing that the Internal Revenue Service will not delay the running of your money because the IRS will issue tax refunds during the federal government shutdown. More than 90 percent of IRS employees were sent…
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Government Shutdown Not Responsible for Declined EBT Cards in Indiana, Officials Say [Updated]
A grocery store in Clay City, Indiana, says customers who want to pay with food stamps have been denied the ability to do so for more than a week, and they think the government shutdown is to blame. Tristen Malone, manager of the IGA grocery store, told WTWO that store machines stopped taking EBT cards…
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Nancy Pelosi Banged Her "All Lives Matter" Drum Despite Being Given the Perfect Opportunity to Do Otherwise
If you cut your finger, the last thing you want to hear is how precious your other fingers are. It’s a pretty damn easy concept to grasp and yet here we are, still side-eyeing our alabaster compatriots because they’ve proven themselves incapable of not centering themselves. And to that point, our newly reelected Speaker of…
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From 'Big Daddy' Clyburn to Wakanda Salutes: The Biggest, Baddest Congressional Black Caucus Has Arrived
Nobody knows what to call them yet. For years it was just the Congressional Black Caucus, or the CBC. In the 1980s they were nicknamed the Conscience of the Congress. Several years ago contributor to The Root, Lauren Victoria Burke, launched a blog calling them Crew of 42. Of course that name didn’t fit for…
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Jane Curtin Wants to Kill the Republican Party in 2019
For many, New Year’s Eve is fraught with excitement and anticipation. As human beings the world over look to leave their problems behind and build on their successes into the new year, resolutions are made by billions of individuals looking to improve their lot in life. Gyms fill up, blenders make tasteless smoothies, and smokers…