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Your Take: Avoiding the Black-Brown Conflict on Immigration
Blacks and Hispanics can find common ground by fighting worker exploitation.
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Smileypalooza: Right Message, Wrong Messenger
Tavis Smiley's summit will talk the talk, but where's the grassroots follow-up?
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Single-Minded: John Edwards, Rielle Hunter and Why Telling All Is Never a Good Idea
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.
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Don’t Play for a Pro Team. Own One.
Michael Jordan’s takeover of the Bobcats makes him the only black majority owner of a major U.S. sports franchise.
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Letter From Jamaica
The government's refusal to extradite an alleged drug lord to the United States raises concerns about corruption.
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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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South Park Skewers TMZ Tiger
A scalding take on celebrity scandals and one final laugh before "golf is stupid again."
Surviving the 'Black Bernie Madoff'
How a Cleveland entrepreneur lost everything and bounced back after tangling with an infamous con man.
The Root Interview: Why Tavis Smiley "Cannot Be Silent"
He reveals what inspired his upcoming black agenda summit, and why Rev. Al won't be there.
Mikki Taylor: The Exit Interview
Essence’s fashion and beauty editor steps out on her own after 30 years.
Doubting Ginni Thomas
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.
