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Forget the pilgrims. What's my Southern family going to say when I skip the Turkey this Thanksgiving?
Got Family Members Who Are Vegetarians? Three Tips for Meat Eaters This Thanksgiving -
Oprah 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.
Oprah Winfrey Announces 2011 Retirement -
Forty years ago, Haywood became the first player to leave college early and go to the pros—proving that young players got game, too.
What Kobe, LeBron and Dwyane Owe Spencer Haywood -
The 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.
Shaniya Davis' Death Highlights the Trafficking of Young Girls Into Sexual Slavery -
A new exhibit at the National Museum of the American Indian traces black-Native American relations from the 1500s to the present.
Maybe Your Great-Grandmother Really Was Cherokee -
Yinka Shonibare MBE’s career retrospective at the Smithsonian just goes to show how strange things get when the empire strikes black.
The (Not So) New World Order -
Want a deep-fried turkey for the holidays? Be afraid. Be very afraid. Grease + propane + bird on a wire = disaster waiting to happen.
Five Fried-Turkey Disasters Waiting to Happen -
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.
Rapper Rakim Releases "The Seventh Seal" -
Nope, I didn’t see the movie, and I’m not going to read the book. I’m tired of being played by over-hyped productions.
How ‘Precious’ Is Like Sarah Palin’s ‘Going Rogue’ -
With more than half the NFL’s season gone, the New Orleans Saints are still undefeated. Can they run the table?
The New Orleans Saints Are Undefeated. Can They Run the Table?
