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Texas Sen. John Cornyn: Why Do We Keep Treating Migrants Like Humans?

Texas Republican Sen. John Cornyn is known for saying insensitive, racist-y, fucked up statements. He blamed the insurrection on the Capitol on “lax security,” called then-President Trump’s second impeachment “awfully vindictive,” “completely unnecessary” and “ill-advised,” and doesn’t believe that there is systemic racism. But his comments Monday might take the cake—all of the cakes: the…

By

Stephen A. Crockett Jr.

Published

March 22, 2021
Politics

The Filibuster Is White Supremacy

I do not love America. To be fair, I don’t quite know what “America” is. Is it defined by the piece of paper that once counted me as three-fifths human or a series of borders on a map? Is America defined by the laws that govern it, or is it the people governed by the…

By

Michael Harriot

Published

March 22, 2021
News

Wisconsin Republicans Vote to Honor Rush Limbaugh While Blocking Efforts to Honor Black History

It’s often said that Black people suffer from an unreciprocated loyalty to the Democratic Party. Conservatives who pretend it’s not racist AF to liken Black people consistently voting blue to slaves stuck on the plantation would have America believe that the negroes have simply been duped by Democrats because of our tiny, negroid minds, we…

By

Zack Linly

Published

March 18, 2021
Entertainment, Media

Exclusive: Our Forever President Addresses Race Relations, Social Activism on Newest Episode of Skimm This

With his political obligations in the rearview, our forever President Barack Obama has settled into a comfy life of content creation. The production company he founded, Higher Ground Productions, with the love of his life has blessed us with films like American Factory and Crip Camp, as well as popular podcasts like The Michelle Obama…

By

Jay Connor

Published

March 11, 2021
Politics

President Biden Signs COVID Relief Package Ahead of His Primetime Address to the Nation

In an effort to avoid having an entire nation blasting Rihanna’s 2015 banger “Bitch Better Have My Money” during his televised address this evening, President Joe Biden has signed the COVID relief package a day earlier than expected. According to the New York Times, the Biden administration upped the timeline on the signing in an…

By

Joe Jurado

Published

March 11, 2021
Beauty + Style

'There Is Light at the End of the Tunnel': Michelle Obama Talks Mental Health and Quarantine Coping Mechanisms

Michelle Obama’s new show Waffles + Mochi drops next Tuesday on Netflix, and as she promotes her new gig, the mom-in-chief also gave some insight into the Obamas’ quarantine coping mechanisms during an exclusive video interview for the newest issue of People magazine. “These have been challenging times. Many people have struggled: jobs lost, people…

By

Maiysha Kai

Published

March 11, 2021
News

Michael Regan Confirmed as 1st Black Man to Lead Environmental Protection Agency

On Wednesday, the Senate confirmed President Joe Biden’s pick for the next Environmental Protection Agency chief administrator, Michael Regan, making him the first Black man to lead the agency in its 50 years of existence. Coming on the heels of a Trump administration that treated science like it was merely a suggestion—a Tinder recommendation conservatives…

By

Zack Linly

Published

March 11, 2021
Politics

Can Someone Get The Door? The Stimmys Are Here!

In what can only be called the most glorious day since Simba flipped Scar off that fiery mountain only to leave him to the wild hyenas, the House on Wednesday passed the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package, which will include money to reopen schools, ramp up vaccine distribution and, most importantly, Target trips. By a…

By

Stephen A. Crockett Jr.

Published

March 10, 2021
News

Missouri Man in Custody After Post-Insurrection Lynching Threat Against Black Lawmaker

A 63-year-old man from Missouri is finally in FBI custody after continuing a years-long tradition of threatening legislators with lynching, as well as targeting them with racist and homophobic slurs. Kenneth Hubert of Marionville, Missouri, is charged with threatening to assault and murder Democratic Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, a Black lawmaker from the state. According to…

By

Ishena Robinson

Published

March 10, 2021
Beauty + Style

With Two New Editions and a Personal Message, Michelle Obama Introduces a New Chapter of Becoming

We can’t think of a better way to spend the first week of Women’s History Month—or “Black HerStory Month,” as it’s known here at The Root—than with our forever first lady, Michelle Obama. Indeed, Obama made history herself with her 2018 memoir, Becoming, which was not only an instant international bestseller, with more than 15…

By

Maiysha Kai

Published

March 2, 2021