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‘Mandate’ Is the New Jim Crow: Candace Owens, Rand Paul and the Oppression of the Conservative Death Cult
According to the newest right-wing narrative, COVID restrictions are forms of segregation targeting anti-vaxxers, anti-maskers and anti-fact conservatives.
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Ohio Court Sentences Black Woman to 18 Months in Prison the Day After Giving White Woman Probation for Same Crime
Sentencing disparity prompts calls for reform after Black woman sentenced for embezzling $40,000 while a white woman got probation after stealing $250,000.
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The Root’s Clapback Mailbag: Safety First
Each Friday, we clap back at readers’ emails, DMs, tweets and messages. We do it because we care.
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The GOP’s White Nationalist Endgame Has Already Begun in Georgia
There’s no need to wonder if Republicans will use the new slate of restrictive voting laws to suppress the Black vote. They’ve already started.
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Nina Turner vs. Shontel Brown, Explained by The Wire
Ohio’s congressional primary between Cuyahoga County Councilwoman Shontel Brown and former state Sen. Nina Turner has become a real-life version of The Wire.
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The Anti-MAGA Movement: Rev. William Barber’s Quest to Make America Great, For Once
The reverend’s Poor People’s Campaign is working to build an America that is the exact opposite of Donald Trump’s immoral white nationalist oligarchy
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A Coroner Said a Black Missouri Teen Committed Suicide In the Attic of a Man Known for Racist Social Media Posts. A Jury Disagreed
Derontae Martin’s mysterious death was ruled a suicide despite witness accounts claiming a Confederate flag-flying homeowner was involved.
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The Root’s Clapback Mailbag: The Content of Dumb Characters
Each Friday, we clap back at readers’ emails, DMs, tweets and messages. We do it because we care.
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I Do Not Love America
As Theodore DeReese Pendergrass once said: ‘It’s so good loving a country when your country loves you back.’ I’ll let you know when it happens.
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We Need to Talk About Violence in the White Community (Seriously, We Do)
Perhaps the most revealing takeaway from the House insurrection panel’s first day of testimony was the level of astonishment regarding the violence on Jan. 6.
