PoliticsPoliticsHow Trump’s Defense Secretary Kept His Dumb Ass from Building a Moat Filled with Alligators Around the Southern Border. No, Seriously.The draconian dick-tator also considered shooting migrants in the leg as they crossed the border because he's crazy…ByStephen A. Crockett Jr.PublishedOctober 20, 2021
OpinionClapback/MailbagOpinionClapback/MailbagThe Root's Clapback Mailbag: Respectfully...Each Friday, we clap back at readers' emails, DMs, tweets and messages. We do it because we care.ByMichael HarriotPublishedOctober 15, 2021
NewsEducationNewsEducationTexas School Official Advises Teachers to Offer Books With Opposing View of the Holocaust. You Know Slavery Is NextA new state law banning the teaching of critical race theory has teachers terrified of teaching the truth.ByStephen A. Crockett Jr.PublishedOctober 15, 2021
PoliticsPoliticsTrump Supporters Are Waving All-Black American Flags, and Here’s Why You Should Be NervousSome have begun waving all-black American flags, which is the opposite of the white flag of surrender.ByStephen A. Crockett Jr.PublishedOctober 12, 2021
PoliticsPoliticsThe President of Racist Windstorms Makes Baseless Claim That Haitian Migrants Coming to the US ‘Probably Have AIDS’Meanwhile, the rate of HIV among Haitians ages 15 to 49 is just 2 percent.ByStephen A. Crockett Jr.PublishedOctober 11, 2021
PoliticsPoliticsGOP Operative: Helping Kids of Color Feel Like They Belong Hurts White KidsMary Beeman done ran out here in the year of our Lord Zendaya and claimed that loving up Black children hurts white…ByStephen A. Crockett Jr.PublishedOctober 7, 2021
NewsRace MattersNewsRace MattersVirginia AG Sues Slumlord Over Sexist and Racist Treatment of TenantsDavid Merryman allegedly called his Black tenants racials slurs and told them they should go back to Africa.ByTerrell Jermaine StarrPublishedOctober 5, 2021
PoliticsPoliticsOmarosa on Trump: He Needs to Come Clean to the American People About His HealthWhat does Omarosa know that we don't, and why won't she just tell us?ByStephen A. Crockett Jr.PublishedOctober 4, 2021
NewsRace MattersNewsRace MattersFedEx Driver Won’t Deliver to Homes With BLM, Biden Signs. So, FedEx Sends Him PackingVincent Paterno took to TikTok to claim that he was no longer delivering packages to homes with Black Lives Matter…ByStephen A. Crockett Jr.PublishedSeptember 27, 2021
NewsOpinionOpinionNewsOpinionOpinionHow a Photo Tells Us Everything We Need to Know About America and Haitian MigrantsIt’s American history, really. Cowboys have always been good. Black people have always been on the other end of the…ByStephen A. Crockett Jr.PublishedSeptember 21, 2021
CultureBlack JoyCultureBlack JoyThe Met Gala Looked Great, but Ain't No Party Like a Pyer Moss PartyThe Brooklyn-based label hosted one of several parties following Monday night's Met Gala, squaring off with none…ByMaiysha KaiPublishedSeptember 14, 2021
EntertainmentMusicEntertainmentMusicKanye Says 'Here, Damn!' and Finally Releases 'Donda'The long-awaited and frequently delayed album features appearances by JAY-Z, Kid Cudi and various others.ByJ.L. CookPublishedAugust 29, 2021
NewsRace MattersNewsRace MattersIt's 'White People'If there's nothing wrong with discussing Black voters, Hispanic neighborhoods and Native American culture, why is…ByMichael HarriotPublishedAugust 26, 2021
NewsRace MattersNewsRace MattersCourt Upholds Dylann Roof's Death SentenceFederal appeals court Wednesday upheld Dylann Roof’s conviction and death sentence in the murder of nine Black…ByTerrell Jermaine StarrPublishedAugust 26, 2021
NewsCoronavirusNewsCoronavirusPoll: Black Americans Are Getting Vaccinated at Higher Rates Than Whites71 percent of Black people say they have received a vaccine versus 61 percent of whites.ByTerrell Jermaine StarrPublishedAugust 25, 2021
NewsNewsNorth Carolina Bill Going After Critical Race Theory Advances in State SenateNorth Carolina GOP lawmakers accuse teachers of indoctrinating students before approving a bill meant to ban…ByRachel PilgrimPublishedAugust 25, 2021
PoliticsPoliticsDisgraced Former NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo Continues His Fall, Asked to Give Emmy BackCuomo won the award for his daily COVID briefings, but after his fall from grace, the International Academy of…ByStephen A. Crockett Jr.PublishedAugust 25, 2021
PoliticsPoliticsForget How Many Times a Person Should Bathe and Watch Rudy Giuliani Shave in a Public RestaurantThe former New York City mayor's fall from grace has been spectacular.ByStephen A. Crockett Jr.PublishedAugust 24, 2021
CultureSportsCultureSportsIs the WWE Racist?WWE superstar Bianca Belair's stunning defeat at SummerSlam draws attention to the WWE's troubling history with…ByJay ConnorPublishedAugust 24, 2021
PoliticsPoliticsWho’s Your Daddy? Matt Gaetz Really Asked Trump’s Approval Before Proposing to WifeThe Florida representative really believes that former president is his father.ByStephen A. Crockett Jr.PublishedAugust 23, 2021