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Smart, up to the minute takes on politics--from the state house to the White House. Pull up a chair.
In-your-face observations of art, entertainment and the world at large from someone who cares. Can you handle the truth?
NOVEMBER 28 | Peru Apologizes for Mistreatment of Afro-Peruvians
One man's opinion on very nearly everything. It's hard but it's fair.
DECEMBER 2 | Ten Things You Could Learn from Tiger Woods
DECEMBER 2 | Aunt Jemima and Politics in Darktown
NOVEMBER 24 | Meet The Parents
Manners and mores in modern life? It's about way more than where the fork goes.
DECEMBER 3 | Desiree Rogers' Teachable Moment
NOVEMBER 28 | The Tipping Factor
NOVEMBER 24 | The Turkey Is The Least of It
From finance to foreclosures, layoffs and lack of opportunity, a daily journal of the economic crisis and its effect on black professionals.
NOVEMBER 27 | Making The Most With Less This Christmas
NOVEMBER 25 | Young, Black, and Out of Work
NOVEMBER 24 | Have Blacks Been Shafted By The Stimulus?
Smart, up to the minute takes on politics--from the state house to the White House. Pull up a chair.
FEBRUARY 23 | Social Networks and Saddam Hussein: A Private Matter?
JANUARY 21 | Hillary Clinton Stands Up For Internet Diplomacy
JANUARY 20 | SATISFACTION, PRIDE OR DELIRIUM?
Engaging commentary, interviews, and reviews that delve into and beyond the world of books. Get read.
NOVEMBER 25 | Conversation for the Dinner Table
NOVEMBER 19 | Reading List: The Poetry Edition
NOVEMBER 12 | Publishing with the Stars
A daily conversation on hot topic culture items. From Zora to Zane, True Blood to Tiny & Toya, TEWW covers high art, low-brow culture and everything in between.
FEBRUARY 17 | Would You Let Serena Williams Do Your Nails?
FEBRUARY 12 | John Mayer's Stupid Mouth
Welcome to THE BROWN TABLE, The Root’s new group blog. This space will be a daily repository for news reporting, culture and media criticism, arguments, amusements, provocations, pile-ons, and smart takes on the day’s stories—courtesy of The Root staff. In addition to being a must-read for politicos in Washington and around the world, we want this blog to engage a true call and response with our readers—so clap back! Send tips and tirades to: thebrowntable@theroot.com.
—The Editors
Blacks and Hispanics can find common ground by fighting worker exploitation.
Tavis Smiley's summit will talk the talk, but where's the grassroots follow-up?
Sometimes setting the record straight has nothing to do with truth telling—and everything to do with staking out territory that wasn't yours in the first place.
Michael Jordan’s takeover of the Bobcats makes him the only black majority owner of a major U.S. sports franchise.
The government's refusal to extradite an alleged drug lord to the United States raises concerns about corruption.
To celebrate Women's History Month, The Root staff compiled our favorite empowering anthems. Some tracks make us tap our feet, some make us pump our fists and others make us cry. But every song is worth hearing. Take a look ... and listen.
A scalding take on celebrity scandals and one final laugh before "golf is stupid again."
How a Cleveland entrepreneur lost everything and bounced back after tangling with an infamous con man.
He reveals what inspired his upcoming black agenda summit, and why Rev. Al won't be there.
Essence’s fashion and beauty editor steps out on her own after 30 years.
It may not be illegal for the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to cozy up to the Tea Party. But it sure is unseemly.
2010
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