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After weeks of attacks from conservatives, Obama's green jobs advisor resigned fom the administration saying he did not want to be a distraction: "I cannot in good conscience ask my colleagues to expend precious time and energy defending or explaining my past."
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The columnist's call for an immediate withdrawal from Afghanistan represents an especially insidious strain of chicken-hawkery and brings the conservative thought process on our post-9/11 wars full circle.
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Calling all MCs: We need you to spit some rhymes on this health care debate.
A Hip-Hop Guide to Health Care -
What the last of the great liberals can teach Obama about how to fight for health care reform.
What Obama Must Do About Health Care -
If everybody is mad at the president, then he must be doing all the right wrong things.
Obama's Right Mistake -
The real reason why health care reform has stalled is because too many people are getting rich.
Why Health Care is Organized Crime -
President Obama and three former presidents attended the funeral Mass for Ted Kennedy at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Basilica in Boston Saturday. The President hailed Kennedy's "spirit of resilience and good humor."
Kennedy Funeral -
Charity Hospital was where the poor people of New Orleans went until Katrina forced its closing. Now, as the debate rages about whether to reopen Charity or build a new hospital, those poor people continue to get the short end of the stick.
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Sen. Kennedy was a white liberal who believed in black power.
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With its 2010 mayoral elections on the horizon, post-Katrina New Orleans is holding an open-casting call. Will an A-lister sacrifice a luxurious lifestyle to stay on-location for four challenging years? Or is this the role that only an undiscovered no-name can play?
The 2010 New Orleans Mayoral Elections: Who Will Take the Reins?
TOP OF THE TREE
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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.









