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With Obama back on the offensive, the CBC will focus on economy, education, health care -- and the kind of high-powered socializing particular to Washington.
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The response to the former president, particularly from Democrats, is a reflection of how fearful wwe remain about talking honsetly about race and in America.
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Crime-infested streets, ambitious politicians and a police department under turmoil. Brick City is a real-life The Wire.
Brick City: Newark's Real Reality Show -
A “fan” of what he calls “The Obama Show,” the Cos says if you can’t be a doctor, at least be an electrician.
Bill Cosby and Cliff Huxtable: Real-Life and On-Screen Politics -
What Jimmy Carter and a pivotal scene from “Rosewood” have to say about President Obama and America’s increasingly hostile race relations.
Jimmy Carter, a Scene From Rosewood and America's Race Relations -
The White House’s fear of challenging the tea-bag madness is typical of its cautious politics. The rest of us accept it at our peril.
Jimmy Carter says that tea baggers hate President Obama because he's black. -
The 39th POTUS says it. He's not the first or the last.
Jimmy Carter Says Joe Wilson's Outburst Was Based on Race -
August should have been marked by black rage at the status quo—rather than white paranoia about change.
10 Reasons African Americans Should March on Washington About Health Care -
It’s not only low-income borrowers: A new mortgage study shows that wealthy blacks and Hispanics pay higher interest rates than wealthy whites and Asians.
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Rep. Joe Wilson is one of those Republicans who just can't accept that Obama is the president.
Joe Wilson Gets Loud
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Oprah's Blackest Moments
by The Root ContributorsOprah Winfrey recently announced plans for retirement in 2011. The talk show host may have a stronghold on white, suburban housewives, but The Root contributors remember moments when Oprah kept it real—black.
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What Kobe, LeBron and Dwyane Owe Spencer Haywood
by Martin JohnsonForty years ago, Haywood became the first player to leave college early and go to the pros—proving that young players got game, too.
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Shaniya's Shame
by Malika Saada SaarThe murder of 5-year-old Shaniya Davis highlights a disturbing and growing trend in the U.S.: the trafficking of young girls into sexual slavery.
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Storming the Court?
by Sherrilyn A. IfillWhen it comes to appointing federal judges, President Obama shouldn’t try to play center. Centrist judges will not balance judges on the right. Left balances right.
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The (Not So) New World Order
Yinka Shonibare MBE’s career retrospective at the Smithsonian just goes to show how strange things get when the empire strikes black.
Maybe Your Great-Grandmother Really Was Cherokee
A new exhibit at the National Museum of the American Indian traces black-Native American relations from the 1500s to the present.
Is the USDA Still the Last Plantation?
During the Bush administration, 13,999 racial discrimination cases were swept under the rug at the Agriculture Department. What will Secretary Tom Vilsack do about it?
Rakim's Back
Def Jam is 25. "Rapper’s Delight" is 30. And Rakim is 41. But with his latest album, The Seventh Seal, hip-hop heads can remember the best of the golden age.
Color-Struck Around The Globe
Sammy Sosa’s new vampire complexion is a jarring reminder that, from the Dominican Republic to Dakar to New Delhi, white is still right, yellow is still mellow and if you’re black, get back.









