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What you don't know could hurt you ....
Spreading Gossip: It's a Small World After All -
She's not a hairy, man-hating woman, says Feminista author Erica Kennedy. This modern woman is smart as hell and not afraid to flex.
Q&A with Feminista author Erica Kennedy -
For this women’s pro-football player, the road to redemption has one more stop at this Saturday’s conference title game: D.C. Divas vs. the Boston Militia.
Women's Pro-Football: The DC Divas Take On the Boston Militia -
Some speculate that the government sent men to brutalize the students...
Women at Khartoum Univ. Attacked on Campus -
As I attended the funeral of my friend, who was murdered by her husband, I found myself praying that Rihanna would come to her senses.
Rihanna and Chris Brown -
In women's pro football, color matters, but race does not.
That's Why I'm a Linebacker -
With Clinton finally out of the race, Obama needs to tackle issues of gender equality in the same way he has talked about the nation's racial divide in Philadelphia, if he wants to win in November.
Obama and the 'Women Question' -
Mrs. Huxtable to Mrs. Obama: You're your own woman, and you're going to be plenty busy with the job of first lady and mom in chief. You're going to redefine both titles and make us even more proud.
Michelle Gets Advice from Clair Huxtable -
Comparing Michelle O to Jackie O has been something of an obsession among style tastemakers. And now with a black first lady, marketing execs may have hit a gold mine.
Michelle Obama as a Brand -
Michelle Obama is setting a new standard for feminism. She so embodies feminist goals that she surpasses them. How will white feminists deal with that?
The End of Feminism As We Know It?
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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.









