In January, The Root reported on tweets sent by 22-year old, top-tier gymnast Simone Biles regarding her pain and frustration in learning that her sexual abuse allegations against former team physician Larry Nassar had gone ignored and left out of the initial investigation against the now-convicted serial child molester who […]
The race for the Democratic nomination to be president got much thinner over the weekend when two candidates dropped out after Joe Biden won the South Carolina primary on Saturday. It was finally a chance for Black voters to make their electoral voices heard loud and clear by a slate of White […]
For as much as they like to bitch and moan about the crime and violence brought to this country by immigrants, you would think they would have more to say about those who commit crime and violence in their name. I’m just saying it’s […]
In 2018, with the midterm elections approaching, Alfonzo Tucker Jr was particularly eager to vote. The mayor of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, Tucker’s hometown, was running for governor, and the year before he had canvassed for Doug Jones, a Democrat running in a closely watched US Senate […]