Iām not sure what conservatives want from Congressmember-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez who had the audacity to mention that gentrified D.C. rent was too goddamn high and as such, and because her congressional salary hasnāt kicked in, she and her partner were squirreling away funds to make it work.
The most obvious answer when attempting to find the root cause for certain Americans being so obsessed with guns is fear. These people are scared of somethingāirrelevance, anarchy, immigrants, black people, aliens, Black Panther Build-a-Bearsāand this fear drives them to amass arsenals and fight against even the ideaā¦
A few months ago, The Root began a series of stories under the name āI Tried It,ā chronicling the experiences of writers who were willing to step outside their comfort zones to try things they normally wouldnāt consider.
When Ohio state Rep. Wes Goodman was caught in his congressional office heroically helping another man release the Krakken, some people felt sorry for the politician. Even though he had a long history of anti-LGBTQ advocacy, including trying to block same-sex marriage in Washington, D.C., there were a few people whoā¦
What if there were a way that cities could put millions of dollars into the school systems without raising taxes? What if your county could fix the roads and invest hundreds of millions into education without going into debt? What if there were a way states could inject funds into jobs and community programs withoutā¦
A South Carolina woman vying for an open seat in the House of Representatives has reignited the debate over the Confederate flag, blasts acceptance of gays and doubles down on āMake America great againā in a series of ads that might be the most racist, homophobic and craziest campaign ever.
What is the line of decency in the era of Donald Trump? Republicans and conservatives now regularly and shamelessly embrace behavior that would have been political heresy when Barack Obama was in office.
What you say about somebody else reveals you. What I think of you as being is dictated by my own necessities, my own psychology, my own fears and desires. Iām not describing you when I talk about you; Iām describing me. āJames Baldwin
Some say the New York Post went too far. The Sunday cover of the newspaper, which had endorsed Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump in the New York primary, featured a controversial image of his wife.
"Make America Great Again!" has been an unquestionably effective, shrewd, and admittedly genius campaign strategy for Donald Trump. Sequencing those four words in that order is a brilliantly succinct way of communicating two separate and equally powerful messages:
Look, I'd be lying if I said I'd heard of eitherĀ Eid al-Adha or Eid al-Fitr before today. ButĀ since, according to Schools Chancellor Carmen Farina, hundreds of thousands of New York City public school kids are Muslim, it makes perfect, logical, and practical sense to close schools on the days these holidays areā¦
If you have any doubts that President Barack Obama has made "trolling the fuck out of conservatives" his personal mission for his last two years in office, consider this:
