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    • The Confab -- Sept. 2, 2011

      This week on the Confab: Join Associate Editor Lauren Williams as she chats with Assistant Editor Akoto Ofori-Atta and Contributing Editor Natalie Hopkinson about the black middle class, saggy pants and redemption for Chris Brown and Michael Vick.

    • The Confab -- Aug. 19, 2011

      This week on the Confab: Join Washington reporter Cynthia Gordy as she chats with Assistant Editor Akoto Ofori-Atta and contributor Michael Arceneaux about overly emotional attachments to President Obama, the president's jobs plan and his controversial vacation.

    • The Confab -- Aug. 12, 2011

      This week on the Confab: Join Associate Editor Lauren Williams as she chats with Washington Reporter Cynthia Gordy and Senior Editor Teresa Wiltz about the nation's credit rating, The Help and Tyler Perry's latest venture.

    • The Confab -- Aug. 5, 2011

      This week on the Confab: Join Associate Editor Lauren Williams as she chats with Washington Reporter Cynthia Gordy, Assistant Editor Akoto Ofori-Atta and frequent contributor David Swerdlick about Obama's birthday, his re-election chances and R&B groups of the past.

    • The Confab -- July 29, 2011

      This week on the Confab: Join The Root's senior editor, Teresa Wiltz, as she chats with Washington reporter Cynthia Gordy, editorial intern Dara Sharif and contributor Clay Cane about blacks and tipping, the life and death of Amy Winehouse, Cornel West's issues with the president and the debt-limit crisis.

    • The Confab -- July 22, 2011

      This week on the Confab: Join Associate Editor Lauren Williams as she chats with Deputy Editor Sheryl Huggins Salomon, Assistant Editor Akoto Ofori-Atta and Contributing Editor Jenée Desmond-Harris about The Root's new redesign, Google Plus and what is up with black Republicans.

    • The Confab -- July 15, 2011

      This week on the Confab: Join Associate Editor Lauren Williams as she chats with Washington Reporter Cynthia Gordy, editorial intern Dara Sharif and contributor Saba Bireda about Atlanta's school cheating scandal, No Child Left Behind's endangered provision and Oprah Winfrey's hairstylist's limited views on "kinky" hair.

    • The Confab -- July 8, 2011

      This week on the Confab: Join Associate Editor Lauren Williams as she chats with Washington Reporter Cynthia Gordy, Editorial Intern Dara Sharif and contributor Topher Sanders about how skin color affects prison terms, crack-sentencing guidelines and the Casey Anthony verdict.

    • The Confab -- July 1, 2011

      This week on the Confab: Join Associate Editor Lauren Williams as she chats with Washington reporter Cynthia Gordy and contributor Edward Wyckoff Williams about Van Jones' new political movement, blacks and marriage equality, and wrapping up Black Music Month.

    • The Confab -- June 24, 2011

      This week on the Confab: Join host Lauren Williams, associate editor of The Root, as she chats with Washington reporter Cynthia Gordy, staffer Akoto Ofori-Atta and contributor Clay Cane about the first lady's Africa trip, black homophobia and our favorite one-hit wonders.