Politics
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New York On Track To Pass Its Own John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act
The John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act of New York would enact some of the strongest voter protections in the country.
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Tapes Expose Republicans’ Plan to Takeover Democratic-Majority Polls
The plan is to train party recruits as poll workers and work with lawyers to potentially block vote counts.
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Biden Administration Erases $5.8 Billion In Student Debt For Former Corinthian College Students
560,000 former Corinthian students will have debt canceled by the Department of Education.
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Abortions and Gun Laws Center Stacey Abrams Campaign Ad
Stacey Abrams a released fiery campaign targeting Gov. Brian Kemp’s political stances on abortion and gun lights.
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Charles Booker, Kentucky Democrat, Wears Noose in New Campaign Ad and Calls out Sen. Rand Paul
The first Black Kentuckian to receive a Democratic nomination for Senate wearing a noose in the emotional ad chronicling America’s lynching history
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Black White House Staffers Respond to Reports of “Exodus” [Update]
One official told The Root that the staff, who left, took their leave at a normal time for general turnover.
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Biden Disagrees With ‘Hardening Schools,’ W.H. Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre Says
While some GOP leaders have advocated things like single way entry points in schools, the White House has not considered those proposals as solutions
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Democrats Losing Support From Some Black Voters
An attack on voting rights, as well as expanded support for law enforcement, are just a few reasons for Black folks’ withdrawal.
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Herschel Walker’s Interview With Killer Mike Might Prove He’s Playing Us
The Republican U.S. Senate candidate was more lucid than normal