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The Road From Selma to Montgomery, Revisited
Taking an emotional trip with civil rights icons and their loved ones, 45 years after the marches that spurred equal voting rights.
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Single-Minded: So Now We’re Sexual Terrorists?
When condoms breed suspicion and fear of herpes lurks behind every other hookup.
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Detroit School Leader Otis Mathis Can’t Write
With the city’s kids scoring dead last on national tests, isn’t that a problem?
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The Root Interview: Spike Lee, Part Two
The director talks about a missed opportunity with David Simon’s Treme, gentrification and why so many black politicians are in trouble.
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Your Take: Job Creation Begins at Home
Congress should focus on green jobs to get past the gridlock, says the CEO of Green for All.
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Letter From Sierra Leone
An American journalist in West Africa discovers that the legacy of slavery still divides us from our African cousins.
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The Root Interview: Spike Lee
The filmmaker talks all things NOLA, from former Mayor C. Ray Nagin to the Super Bowl win to his latest documentary about Katrina, “If God is Willing and The Creek Don’t Rise.”
Tomorrow’s Crop of Black Women Leaders
In Part 3 of our Women’s History Month series on leadership, why the future looks brighter.
Why Are There So Few Black Women Politicians?
In Part 2 of our Women’s History Month series on leadership, the real reasons so few are elected.
