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There's a rise in adult children living with their parents. Is it economics or just laziness?
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A girl is gang-raped at a Homecoming and a crowd gathers to watch? Honestly, what is happening to our youth?
Five Arrested in Alleged Gang Rape in Richmond, California -
Atheist Ads go up in NYC subways today. First Amendment or not, folks won't like this.
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Whites prefer a progressive life in cities like Portland and Minneapolis. Without black folks.
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The Guardian's Peter Tatchell insist we accept Malcolm X as a bisexual icon. His alleged same-sex past proves it. Mmm, not so fast, buddy.
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Rihanna refused to discuss Chris Brown and the abuse. Now she's wrapped in barbed wire. Somebody help this sister.
Rihanna Straps on the Barbed Wire for Russian Roulette Cover -
Illegal Alien Halloween costume is supposed to be offensive-free. Yeah, right.
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Do you know where to get good weed? Do you shampoo your hair? Do you tan? Queen Latifah suggests an Excedrin for these common racial nags. I suggest we collect a list, publish it and make some money!
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A judge in Louisiana refuses to provide wedding licenses to interracial couples. After hearing this I think I laughed for twenty minutes.
Justice Bardwell Don't Like All That Race-Mixing -
The play Emperor Jones, the controversial play where a black man speaks in dialect and refers to other blacks as primitive, opens this Sunday in NYC. Why?
The racially-charged play Emperor Jones opens in NYC. Why now?
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.









