When we talk about systemic racism in America, one aspect tends to get left out of the discussion: Black people are…
This edition of the Mailbag is dedicated to all of the people out there fighting racism.
While 2020 marked an inflection point in the nation’s awareness of issues of racial injustice, it also quickly…
Like most people, I have a special alert for when I receive emails from important people. And, of course, The Root’s…
A report commissioned by Brown University over a decade ago revealed that the school’s namesake family was deeply…
White people, I need you to listen.
Let’s take you on a trip to memory lane! Back in July 2020, The Root exclusively announced that Nikole Hannah-Jones,…
On the latest episode of The Ringer’s Higher Learning—which you should absolutely subscribe to since I would never…
Great news! There’s a vaccine for racism!
Last week, a white man did white man things, which caused a lot of pain and heartache.
Arkansas Senator Tom Cotton—whose surname is probably not short of I-like-my-negroes-picking-Cotton, but you never…
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California Becomes First State in America to Approve Statewide High School Ethnic Studies Curriculum
While Republican-run states like Florida are proposing statewide educational curricula that will “expressly exclude”…
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is engaging in the relatively new conservative practice of pretending to know the first…
According to a new report by the Anti-Defamation League, white supremacist propaganda surged across America last…