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“I get a lot more criticism,” says the jazz-funk veteran, “from people of color when I’m in a relationship with someone outside my race.”
Meshell Ndegeocello Is Back With a New Album—‘Devil’s Halo’ -
"As bad as the past has been," says one African American veteran, "there's nowhere else I want to be."
Annual Reunion of Buffalo Soldiers in Silver Spring, MD -
Going into today's game against Kansas City, the Dallas Cowboys are 2-2, and maybe the most disappointed, if not disappointing, team in the NFL, at least by Dallas standards. Will head coach Wade Phillips be the first NFL coach to be fired this year?
NFL Football: The Trouble with the Dallas Cowboys -
In issuing the prize to Obama, the Nobel Committee decided to take a chance and do something relevant; hope for peace.
Why President Obama Deserves the Nobel Peace Prize -
She is already making observations based on skin color. The question is how to keep those observations from turning into prejudice.
Brown People Drive Old Cars: Is My 4-Year-Old Racist? -
From Eleanor Roosevelt to Gandhi, Foreign Policy lists the transformative figures that should have, could have, but didn't win the Nobel Peace Prize.
President Obama Wins 2009 Nobel Peace Prize -
Chris Rock’s “Good Hair” is funny, very funny, but all the jokes come at the expense of black women.
Chris Rock's 'Good Hair' Has Bad Vibes -
But this country needs someone like him breaking it all down, serving up realities we’d rather not see.
Michael Moore's Documentary 'Capitalism: A Love Story' Is Creaky -
Her decision to pose nude diminishes her accomplishments and plays to the perception that black female bodies are pornographic.
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Caesars, fades, size-ups, faux-hawks, even Jay-Z’s “peasy head”—one guy’s barbershop journey through life.
Note to Chris Rock on 'Good Hair': Men Have Hair Issues, Too
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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.









