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May 12, 2012
This week on The Confab: Join The Root's senior political correspondent, Cynthia Gordy, as she chats with staff writer Jenée Desmond-Harris and contributing editor Demetria L. Lucas about the political risk in Obama's same-sex-marriage announcement and the lesser-known factors behind obesity in the black community.
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by Joshua R. Weaver onMay 11, 2012
The Root talked to 10 Washingtonians about obesity in their communities. Here's what they think.
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by Jenée Desmond-Harris onMay 9, 2012
This urban farmer and author says that growing your own food is neither "slave work" nor a passing trend.
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May 4, 2012
Join The Root and Dominique Dawes on May 12 in Landover, Md., for solutions and fun.
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by Jenée Desmond-Harris onMay 1, 2012
This celebrity trainer says that black people need to put health before image and hair.
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by Jenée Desmond-Harris onApril 25, 2012
This weight-loss blogger, who has lost 160 pounds, says it's a myth that black women accept obesity.
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by Jenée Desmond-Harris onApril 16, 2012
This filmmaker says that BMI is meaningless and stress is making African Americans obese.
