Jan 11SaveEntertainment1/11/21Entertainment1/11/21Delroy Lindo, Angela Bassett, Jamie Foxx and Jurnee Smollett Among Winners at Inaugural Critics Choice Super AwardsTonja Renée StidhumSaveThe inaugural Critics Super Choice Super Awards had their ceremony this past Sunday and it’s time to congratulate…
Sep 2SaveLaw Enforcement9/2/20Law Enforcement9/2/20California Is Close to Banning Karens From Weaponizing 911, But What About the State’s Police Reforms?Anne Branigin36SaveEarlier this week, California lawmakers passed a bill that would ban residents and visitors to the state from making…
Sep 16 2019SavePolitics9/16/19Politics9/16/19Ilhan Omar Responds to 9/11 Victim Who Questioned Her PatriotismAnne Branigin81SaveMinnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar once again clarified her remarks about 9/11 on Sunday, days after a family member of a…
Sep 11 2019SavePolitics9/11/19Politics9/11/19Rep. Ilhan Omar’s Patriotism Questioned During 9/11 Ceremony: ‘Why Your Confusion?’Jay Connor165SaveAside from doing nothing in response to mass shootings, one of America’s favorite pastimes is touting the virtues of…
Jul 30 2019SavePolitics7/30/19Politics7/30/19President Trump Is a Modern-Day Forrest GumpStephen A. Crockett Jr.103SaveTo hear the president tell it, he was with John F. Kennedy the night before he was shot and Trump warned JFK that…
Nov 19 2018SaveNews11/19/18News11/19/18#RappingWhileBlack: Neighbor Calls Cops on Black Man After Hearing Him Recite Jay-Z LyricsMichael Harriot152SaveWe can add reciting Jay-Z lyrics to the growing list of things black people must refrain from doing after a…
Sep 11 2018SavePolitics9/11/18Politics9/11/18President Trump Doesn't Understand That 9/11 Was a TragedyStephen A. Crockett Jr.121SaveThe president of the United States of White America shouldn’t need a crash course on arguably the most horrific…
May 18 2018SaveThe Root Video5/18/18 The Root Video5/18/18Judge of Characters: Hello, 911? It’s Me, White AmericaDanielle Young6SaveWhat in the world happened this week? It seemed like racism was determined to show its casual and ugly face all over…
Nov 3 2017Save11/3/17Ohio Kindergartner Awarded for Calling 911, Saving Grandmother’s LifeBreanna Edwards6SaveRipley, Ohio, has a new local hero. Five-year-old Virtuous Rose Bennett was honored by the city for her courageous…
Aug 17 2017Save8/17/17Maine Gov. Paul LePage Compares Removing Confederate Statues to Losing 9/11 MemorialBreanna Edwards59SaveMaine Gov. Paul LePage continues to prove that he has indeed lost his damn mind, comparing the removal of…
Mar 16 2017Save3/16/17Texas Baby Dies After Babysitter Was Unable to Get Through to 911Breanna Edwards39SaveA Dallas 6-month-old died over the weekend after the child’s caretaker was unable to get through to 911. The Dallas…
Oct 13 2016Save10/13/16Houston 911 Operator Faces Charges for Hanging Up on CallersVeronica GravesSaveCrenshanda Williams, a former 911 operator, is facing a misdemeanor charge of emergency interference with a…
Jul 1 2016Save7/1/16Youngest Victim in Pulse Nightclub Shooting Pleaded to 911 Dispatcher, 'I Don't Want to Die'Stephen A. Crockett Jr.SaveAkyra Murray, 18, had just graduated from West Catholic Preparatory High School in Philadelphia. She was set to play…