I’m not big on heartfelt or sincere, and inexplicably “Great people who left The Root this year” isn’t a slideshow, so I can’t just complain about that, so, I guess I’ll just wonder if this means that brand-newcomers like Lady Welpington [1] can make it onto the About page [2].

Thank you for your stories and writing, we can’t miss you because we’re with you wherever the road leads you.

Ohhh, so they pulled an Aunt Cindy and said they were going for chicken but didn’t come back for three days?!

“And then The Root hired Michael Harriot. And I watched as damn near everything he wrote went platinum. I literally became the mad rapper—because working with Michael Harriot is like being a rapper on the same label as Kendrick Lamar.”

Aw, what the hell?! Do I need to snatch off my earrings, put on my gym shoes and come handle somebody up there?! Why eerrrrybody got to go?! Naw, you sit on down and point the cousins where you need us to show up!

Well shit....you’re like the big brother I never asked for! And that was the longest I ever babysat kids I’m not related to...lol

I hope she gets justice and is able to somehow build a life for herself after being so ill served by pretty much everyone around her.

I don’t believe that audience even knows what logical consistency is at this point, let alone expects it.

The fish rots from its head and all, so I don’t know a story about these particular deputies is complete without a mention of how Pierce County Sheriff Ed Troyer just got a raise [1] from the county council [2].

I get what you’re saying but there are a lot of us making excuses and not getting that shot for no good reason. Frankly, I’ve lost patience with them.

Rest in Power, sister.

Please add Dr. to Betty Shabazz’s name. She earned that...just as Dr. King did.

An informative article, thank you for your research. Unfortunately, my empathy level for the unvaxed is less than zero. While Mr. Moore may not have been a complete maskhole as a large number of folks choose to be, I find his efforts (or lack there of) to get his free shot since April of 2021 to be suspect at best. It…

I don’t think anyone wants to sit in this verdict or the fact that no matter how many years we work at changing things a POS like this walks free.

This is not hyperbole: I feel physically ill reading that Rittenhouse was found not guilty.

It’s the same “logic” that a certain segment of folk use in which they believe that just discussing racism is in and of itself....racist.

Thank you for drawing attention to the fact that a man defending a client who participated in a public lynching is protesting ALLOWING PEOPLE TO WATCH A TRIAL while calling that lynching.

Dear god it’s pathetic how whiny these guys get about being criticized in public. Fucking murderous little babies.

For a town with only about 14,000 residents, this bill must be eating up a fairly large portion of their budget. Does that mean the mayor and city council will more closely examine the types of workers in their police department? Will the local Republicans (with their supposedly conservative ideology) consider the…

Damnit, you’re the main reason to come here.