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What do you get when you combine a semi-nude black man, an auction block, and Abercrombie store? A whole lot of trouble.
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Asbury Park does not tolerate cellphone use among teachers. Why can't the rest of the country follow suit? Inappropriate cellphone use is out of control.
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Scientists have created a gel that turns semi-solid when it comes in contact with sperm. Should women trust it?
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Continental Flight 2816 passengers couldn't eat, drink or release for over 12 hours. I might have organized a mutiny among the passengers. Ten hours is way too long to follow shady airline protocol.
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Big Daddy Kane was part mack daddy, part Five Percenter, and the brother could Cabbage Patch like nobody's business. Twenty years later and he's still getting it in.
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The Breakfast Club and Ferris Bueller spoke to my teen angst. But did director John Hughes really advocate for all teenagers? Ask Lisa Bonet.
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George Sodoni said, "Good luck to Obama! Amerika has chosen The Black Man... Every black man should get a young white girl hoe to hone up on." Crazy.
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Gunman posts his murder plans on website, but no one perused his site and thought to alert local police. Unbelievable.
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What's really behind McCain's need to pardon boxer Jack Johnson?
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Starbury has pulled off his shirt, bleached his teeth and joined the rising popularity of Justin tv. It's a bit like watching a shoe commercial and a single-camera Christian ministry show.
Starbury is on TV promoting shoes, God and Himself - Help Him!
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.









