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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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Dodd Bill Supports New Consumer Finance Watchdog
Agency would curb lending abuses that have targeted African-Americans.
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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.
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Coping with 'The Help'
Kathryn Stockett, the author of the best-selling novel about white women and their black domestics, does lunch.
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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?
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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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Closing the Racial Wealth Gap
A smart approach to finances can narrow the economic disparities between black and white women.
NEWS STAND: Reverend Wright Defends Obama
Plus: Rev. Wright Defends Obama, U.S. Blacks May Get First Saint, More
Get Over It, Supremes!
Chief Justice John Roberts' suggestion that members of the U.S. Supreme Court may skip the next State of the Union address is a mistake.
Obama and the 'Nuclear Option' in Congress
In the Cold War over health care reform, the Democrats could end up paying a high price for ruling by “reconciliation.”
Torii Hunter Was Right About Baseball
Why his comments about black and Latino representation were on the mark, if badly worded.
