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Moscow, Russia has a problem. 60 percent of Africans living there consider it racist and violent and fear for their lives.
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Cleveland Clinic is being singled out for its fixed-salary and patient-centered healthcare. But I love that the Clinic doesn't hire smokers.
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Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds provide sweet and hilarious revenge to Jews during the Holocaust. When will somebody greenlight a flick where slaves beat master's ol' butt?
Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds Take on the Nazis. Whose Going to Take on ol' Master? -
A group of Black men in Derby, England will march through the streets to promote positive black male images. Why can't American brothers do that? And I don't mean a million of us congregrating in D.C. and listening to Farrakhan speak.
Black Men in Derby, England Are Fed Up with Violence Among their Youth -
Malyasian and Muslim model Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno was sentenced to a cane beating for drinking a beer. Is it me, or are these ancient customs a bit crazy?
Malaysian Woman Drinks Beer and Pays Price With a Beating -
Spike Lee, like myself, saw Passing Strange on Broadway last year and fell in love with the display of black middle-class, progressive ideas, free love and ex-patriotism.
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South African runner Caster Semenya just won the 800-meter gold medal at the World Athletics Championship. So why is everyone questioning her gender?
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Rep. Barney Frank made my day when he compared an Obama-hater with a dining room table. You have to see this!
Rep. Barney Frank Silences an Obama-Hater at Dartmouth -
American prisons are shutting down to save states money. But organizing prayer vigils to keep them open is distorted and sick.
American Prisons Close and Towns Go to God for Help -
District 9 tells a provocative tale of humans and their intolerance and explotiation of the "other". And the Nigerians are some of the main players.
Sci-Fi District 9 Pokes Holes in Humanity and Nigerians
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.









