• VIDEO: Michael Vick Schools the Youth

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    VIDEO: Michael Vick Schools the Youth
  • Guns Kill, But Poverty’s the Trigger

    The youth violence consuming Chicago is an opportunity for us to start talking about how we save poor communities.
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  • The Root's Talented Ten: Alexander Lofton

    When it comes to politics, Alex Lofton has the mind of a soldier: The Obama campaign "deployed" the Seattle native—who started as an intern in Chicago headquarters—around the country, to get out the vote. In Washington, he's joined the Democratic Party's effort to build on the successes of organizers like himself.
    The Root's Talented Ten: Young Black Obama Aides to Watch in Washington: Alexander Lofton
  • The Root's Talented Ten: Jason Green

    During the 2008 campaign, Jason Green followed in Barack Obama's footsteps—orchestrating a massive, in-house voter registration drive, not unlike the one the president ran in Chicago after leaving law school. His work may well have won Obama the previously red state of North Carolina. Green, also an Ivy League law grad, is working in the White House as one of Obama's deputy legal advisers.
    The Root's Talented Ten: Jason Green
  • The Root's Talented Ten: Addisu Demissie

    Addisu Demissie has logged thousands of hours working for the Democratic Party--first for Senator Hillary Clinton and then Barack Obama during the 2008 campaign. Now, this self-described "political junkie" is taking the lead in translating Obama's massive grassroots organization into a force for progressive change.
    Ten Young Black Obama Aides to Watch in Washington
  • The Root's Talented Ten: Michael Blake

    Michael Blake never imagined himself working in the White House. But "Yes We Can"—then-Senator Barack Obama's training program for young people of color—saw his potential early. Now, the Bronx-born organizer is using his political education to connect the West Wing with state and local governments across the country.
    The Root's Talented Ten Obama Staffers: Michael Blake
  • The Root's Talented Ten: Yohannes Abraham

    Though he was often the youngest person in the room, Yohannes Abraham rose through the ranks of the Obama campaign hierarchy to become Field Director of his native Virginia—a key tipping point state in the general election. After Obama's big win in the Old Dominion, Abraham is back in the beltway, working to make the president's legislative dreams a reality.
    The Root's Talented Ten: Yohannes Abraham
  • The Root's Talented Ten: Samantha Tubman

    Samantha Tubman visited 48 states in the Union and criss-crossed Europe and the Middle East as a wrangler on Barack Obama's campaign plane. Now, she's putting her "ready for anything" attitude to work, joining White House Social Secretary Desirée Rogers in making 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue "the people's house."
    The Root's Talented Ten: Samantha Tubman, Assistant Social Secretary
  • The Root's Talented Ten: Elizabeth Wilkins

    Steeped in a history of activism and black empowerment, Elizabeth Wilkins carried her familiy's torch to communities of color during the 2008 campaign. Now, she's making sure Barack Obama's policy agenda affects the lives of those she met on the trail.
    The Root's Talented Ten: Elizabeth Wilkins
  • Washington’s New Black Pack

    Ten to watch in Mr. Obama’s Washington.
    Ten Young Black Obama Aides to Watch in Washington Politics
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