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Who's Your (Irish) Daddy?
On St. Patrick's Day, Henry Louis Gates Jr. reflects on an unknown Irish ancestor.
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Tiger Woods Is Still in Charge
Control freak? The decision to come back at the Augusta Masters is the latest evidence he's still got game.
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The Divide Between Blacks and the Irish
A St. Patrick’s Day primer on how two groups of Americans who were once close parted over slavery.
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Not All Americans Have Enough Access to Water
Among the deprived are 1 percent of blacks in several Southern states. Meet one community.
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Black Barbie Talks
Imagine what she'd say about being sold at half the price of white Barbie.
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GALLERY: The Root's Favorite Female Anthems
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.
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Some Black Pro-Lifers Say Abortion Is Genocide
That message is gaining traction, judging by the furor over anti-abortion billboards featuring black babies and a controversial Georgia bill.
Coping with 'The Help'
Kathryn Stockett, the author of the best-selling novel about white women and their black domestics, does lunch.
Dodd Bill Supports New Consumer Finance Watchdog
Agency would curb lending abuses that have targeted African Americans.
It 'Helps' To Be White
It takes a special kind of talent to take a civil rights novel about black maids to Hollywood. But do you also have to be Caucasian?
NEWS STAND: Is Obama's Stimulus Program Shortchanging Minorities?
Plus, the obese go hungry in the South Bronx, Chicago foreclosures, MJ's afterlife payday, and more
