Michael Harriot's posts

What happens to a student loan deferred?

Does it dry up
like Donald Trump’s skin?
Or draw interest—
Do payments ever end?

Because he’s been pretty low-key about it, you might not be aware that a promising politician that we’ve been…

While Donald Trump has repeatedly taken credit for rises in the stock market, Black employment and administration…

Nearly two weeks after police told the family of 15-year-old Quawan Charles that his body was found in a sugarcane…

“The answer to all your questions is money” — Don Ohlmeyer

The Democrats stole the election for Joe Biden.

Quawan Charles was a high school sophomore who looked younger than his decade-and-a-half age. Although this tragedy…

At the dusk of America’s bloodiest war, a political debate swept across America about how this country should handle…

Twenty-nine presidents ago, America kicked the state of Georgia out of the United States for killing Black elected…

Did anything interesting happen this week?

Dearest all white people,

I look at it and cuss.

Apparently, “POC” stands for “professor of color.”

Welcome to the season finale of America!

America is not a “civilized country.”

Today’s mailbag is just one long story that’s actually three long stories that began a few months ago. when I wrote…

I’m an Ivy League-educated white woman.

The following fairy tale is based on a true story.

In our neverending quest to bring you exclusive content related to the upcoming election, The Root managed to score…

Every week, I come on here to complain about the haters. But as Maya Angelou once said: “Every day, I thank God for…