Damon Root

Journalist & author. My next book: EMANCIPATION WAR: THE FALL OF SLAVERY & THE COMING OF THE THIRTEENTH AMENDMENT, arriving June 2026.

[Damon Root @damonroot]

What a thrill to finally hold a finished copy of my book after so many years of research and writing.

EMANCIPATION WAR: THE FALL OF SLAVERY AND THE COMING OF THE THIRTEENTH AMENDMENT, on sale June 1!

[Katrin Marquez @KatrinMarquez]

Last week, I got to examine my first witnesses in court. And I couldn't have asked for a more important case: Leo, a U.S. citizen and construction worker, testified about being detained by ICE three times in the past year. Each time, he had his documents. None of it mattered. 1/

[Nick Gillespie @nickgillespie]

This is a great new read from @reason's @damonroot, who is the guest on this Wednesday's Reason Interview podcast. A concise yet expansive reading of the absolute crux of the American experiment. Fantastic work...

[reason @reason]

"Sen. Henry Clay had set himself the none-too-modest goal of solving the seemingly intractable problem of American slavery once and for all." An excerpt from @damonroot's brand-new book, "Emancipation War" out today from @UnivNebPress: https://t.co/okBSvxKQcZ

[Damon Root @damonroot]

My new book, EMANCIPATION WAR: THE FALL OF SLAVERY & THE COMING OF THE THIRTEENTH AMENDMENT, is officially on sale today!

It chronicles the great legal, political, & military struggle to amend the U.S. Constitution to outlaw slavery once and for all.

I hope you’ll check it out.

[Damon Root @damonroot]

Thank you to everyone who has pre-ordered a copy of my new book EMANCIPATION WAR: THE FALL OF SLAVERY AND THE COMING OF THE THIRTEENTH AMENDMENT.

The kindle edition is currently the #1 new release in Amazon’s “Abolition History of the U.S.” category.

On sale June 1st!

[Punkrock History @PunkRockStory]

44 years ago today
'The Record' is the debut studio album by the American hardcore punk band Fear, released on this day in 1982.

#punk #punks #punkrock #hardcorepunk #fear #therecord #history #punkrockhistory #otd

[Matt Welch @MattWelch]

You know what to do, @wethefifth listeners!

[Damon Root @damonroot]

Here’s something about the 1937-1938 war of words between Richard Wright and Zora Neale Hurston. https://t.co/C1sR8fc6oL

[Damon Root @damonroot]

How much deference does SCOTUS owe to Congress?

Should it take more than a 5-4 vote for the Supreme Court to strike down a federal law? How about 7-2, or 8-1, or even 9-0?

Read all about this and more in today’s INJUSTICE SYSTEM newsletter. https://t.co/DkLPktnP6Q

[Henry Oliver @HenryEOliver]

Whatever happens, it is always worth reading a book.

[Damon Root @damonroot]

I attended the New York International Antiquarian Book Fair the other week and gazed lovingly at this first edition of Frederick Douglass’ “My Bondage and My Freedom.”

[Matt Welch @MattWelch]

And 62 days after that, the Soviet Union gave up.

[Damon Root @damonroot]

The great fictional detective Sherlock Holmes prized rationalism and the scientific method above all else.

Yet Holmes’ creator, Arthur Conan Doyle, believed in ghosts, fairies, and Ouija boards.

What to make of this enduring literary puzzle? https://t.co/ReHDHAqk9G

[Damon Root @damonroot]

The great fictional detective Sherlock Holmes prized rationalism and the scientific method above all else.

Yet Holmes’ creator, Arthur Conan Doyle, believed in ghosts, fairies, and Ouija boards.

What to make of this enduring literary puzzle? https://t.co/ReHDHAqk9G

[Damon Root @damonroot]

My new book, EMANCIPATION WAR, will be published on June 1, just one month away.

If you’ve already pre-ordered a copy, thank you! If you haven’t, I hope you’ll consider doing so today.

[Damon Root @damonroot]

If you’d like to pre-order a copy, you may do so here https://t.co/BYsPDy5gLn

[Damon Root @damonroot]

My new book, EMANCIPATION WAR, will be published on June 1, just one month away.

If you’ve already pre-ordered a copy, thank you! If you haven’t, I hope you’ll consider doing so today.

[Damon Root @damonroot]

“I was drunk the day my mom got out of prison…”

RIP to a real country outlaw.

[The New York Times @nytimes]

Breaking News: David Allan Coe, who wrote “Take This Job and Shove It,” an anthem of the outlaw country movement, died at 86. https://t.co/jwtH8mxmR2

[Damon Root @damonroot]

Happy Night of the Living Dead to all who celebrate.

[CineCalendar @CineCalendar]

Apr 30th 1967 - Barbara and Johnny visit their father's grave. After teasing Barbara, Johnny is attacked by a zombie. Barbara gets away and takes shelter in a nearby farmhouse, and an entire movie genre is born.

📽️📅 Night of the Living Dead (1968)