New York Man Charged With Threatening to Kill Rep. Ilhan Omar
According to the Associated press, a man in western New York has been charged with threatening to kill U.S. Rep. Ilhan…
Why Won't Congress Take Domestic Terrorism Seriously?
Just hours before a deranged white man stormed two New Zealand mosques and killed some 49 people, Rep. Bennie Thompson…
FBI Says Ohio Woman Planning 'Upscale Mass Murder' Was Dylann Roof's Penpal
A trove of social media activity and a sightseeing pilgrimage to Columbine preceded what authorities allege could have…
Are White Men America's Biggest Terror Threat? We Checked
Despite the fact that the FBI and Homeland Security acknowledged that white supremacist groups had carried out more…
Now’s The Time to Tell the Truth About Pittsburgh, and This Hagiographical Bullshit Ain’t It
Although Squirrel Hill, the Pittsburgh community where the white nationalist terrorist attack on the Tree of Life…
10 Ways To Defeat Hate And Terror With Love
Even for a 2018 filled with tragedy and terror, last week was particularly brutal. There were the assassination…
White Nationalist Who Threatened Stacey Abrams' Campaign Poses for Picture With Brian Kemp
In late September, The Root ran a story about a campaign event held by Democratic gubernatorial nominee Stacey Abrams…
Intimidating and Terrorizing and Bombing Is What They Do. It’s What They Have Always Done
There has never been a time in American history when they haven’t used violent force to scare, bully, intimate, injure,…
Racist Charged With Stabbing Black Man in Times Square Says It Was 'Practice' for Killing Interracial Couples
In a taped confession, the white man who stands accused of brutally murdering a black man in Times Square with a sword…
Donald Trump Conveniently Ignores Anniversary of One of America's Worst Acts of Terror
Three days before a national tragedy would shake the entire world, on September 8, 2001, George Bush issued a…
The Original ‘March for Our Lives’: Alabama Children Re-Create 1963 Children’s Crusade
In March 2018, America hailed the “March for Our Lives” and the National School Walkout for the incredibly innovative…
Say Their Names: The Father and the Musician Whose Lives Were Cut Short by the Austin, Texas, Bomber
Much of the headlines in the past week concerning the bombings in Austin, Texas, have focused on bomber Mark Conditt…
Teen Suicide Bomber Kills at Least 50 at Mosque in Nigeria
A teen suicide bomber targeted worshippers at a mosque in Nigeria, killing at least 50 people, authorities reported on…
Trump’s Latest Tweets Are Dog Whistles to White Supremacists
The first time I heard the term “alt-right” was long before Donald Trump decided to trade in his career as a…
‘Radical Christian Terrorism’: Doesn’t Sound Nice, Does It?
Radical Islamic terror. Islamic. Terror. When you separate those words, they can’t be any more diametrically opposed.…
Watch: Victims of African Terrorism Matter, Too
When terrorists killed 300 people and injured hundreds more in Somalia during a horrific single attack, the world was…
At Least 277 Dead After Double-Car Bombing in Mogadishu, Somalia
A devastating double-car bombing in Mogadishu, Somalia, has left at least 277 confirmed dead in what officials are…