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Entertainment, Social Media

Why Black Folks are Pissed at Trump, Musk Parading Teslas in Front of the White House

The president announced he bought a Tesla after stock in the company dropped significantly due to boycotts.

By

Phenix S Halley

Published

March 13, 2025
Black History Month, Culture

5 Inconvenient, Ugly Truths About America’s ‘Founding Fathers’ And Slavery

A new documentary called "Thomas Jefferson" takes a look at the president's inhumane practices.

By

Candace McDuffie

Published

February 18, 2025
Politics, The National Interest

Kamala Harris Wants To Remind You Democracy Is On the Ballot This November

The Vice President took to NBC's "Meet the Press" on Sunday to speak about abortion rights and the fight against extremism

By

Murjani Rawls

Published

September 12, 2022
News, Opinion

The Constitution Was Literally Written By Slaveowners. Why Is America Obsessed With Upholding It?

Devised by the likes of Thomas Jefferson, a slave owner, the constitution saw Black people as property. It's no surprise it's being used to take human rights.

By

Candace McDuffie

Published

June 27, 2022
Politics

Leave Kamala Harris TF Alone

Harris is not only the first female African-American vice president, she's arguably the most scrutinized.

By

Stephen A. Crockett Jr.

Published

August 27, 2021
Law Enforcement, News, Police Brutality

George Floyd Is Dead Because America Is a Racist Country

me One year ago today, George Perry Floyd was alive. Today, you will likely read, see and hear reminiscences about Floyd’s death. There will be stories about legislation, police brutality and the criminal justice system, but none of that killed George Floyd. He was not called the n-word. He wasn’t targeted by a white supremacist…

By

Michael Harriot

Published

May 25, 2021
Clapback/Mailbag, News, Opinion

The Root's Clapback Mailbag: Systemic Whiteness

This is the part where I usually explain that you are about to read DMs, letters and tweets from our readers. I also try to say something funny here. But today, that part is at the end. It’s nice to switch things up every once in a while. We are still receiving responses about the…

By

Michael Harriot

Published

May 14, 2021
Clapback/Mailbag, News, Opinion

The Root's Clapback Mailbag: Best Mailbag Ever

The Clapback Mailbag is over. We’ll continue to respond to emails, DMs, tweets and comments every Friday but, to be honest, there’ll never be another mailbag as good as this week’s collection of well-moisturized whiteness. This one is filled with 40 percent more whiteness. This one is the fulfillment of all our clapback dreams. This…

By

Michael Harriot

Published

March 12, 2021
Entertainment

10 Things I Do That Make My Wife Think I'm Addicted to Hamilton. I Disagree; Everybody Does This Stuff, Right?

My wife made a comment to me the other day that implied that maybe she thinks I’m addicted, or perhaps overly enthusiastically engaged with the extremely famous musical, Hamilton. Yes, that one. I made some comment where I slyly—and aptly— worked in a quote from a song and when she didn’t know what I was…

By

Panama Jackson

Published

September 10, 2020