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This week’s G-20 summit will test the continent’s love fest with Barack Obama. Note to Prez: Along with stimulus plans, take flowers and candy.
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The Ft. Hood tragedy is a citizenship test for Muslim Americans—and everyone else.
Nidal Malik Hasan Charged With 13 Counts of Murder -
The wars abroad continue, and so does the smart, black, female fellowship.
After 9/11, This Black Female Book Club Brought the World to Washington -
If President Obama approaches the Central Asian quagmire with these five things in mind, there may be hope yet. Maybe.
Five Things President Obama Must Keep In Mind When Dealing With Afghanistan -
Who would they destroy? Mac or PC? This year's crop of MacArthur Fellows dish about how their worst habits, how their friends see them and other random things.
Inside the Mind of a 2009 MacArthur Fellow: Rackstraw Downes -
Who would they destroy? Mac or PC? This year's crop of MacArthur Fellows dish about how their worst habits, how their friends see them and other random things.
Inside the Mind of a 2009 MacArthur Fellow: Lynsey Addario -
Who would they destroy? Mac or PC? This year's crop of MacArthur Fellows dish about how their worst habits, how their friends see them and other random things.
Inside the Mind of a 2009 MacArthur Fellow: Richard O. Prum -
Who would they destroy? Mac or PC? This year's crop of MacArthur Fellows dish about how their worst habits, how their friends see them and other random things.
Inside the Mind of a 2009 MacArthur Fellow: Beth Shapiro -
Who would they destroy? Mac or PC? This year's crop of MacArthur Fellows dish about how their worst habits, how their friends see them and other random things.
Inside the Mind of a 2009 MacArthur Fellow: Elyn R. Saks -
An excerpt of ColorLines magazine’s special report on how the clampdown on immigration is tearing families apart.
ColorLines Magazine: Are Immigrants of Color Being Targeted for Deportation?
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.









