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NYC Homeless is at a crisis. Mayor Bloomberg is offering a one-way ticket out. But nobody's talking about the issue of affordable housing.
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Governor Schwarzenegger is out in Cali acting like a complete Republican, right-wing, lost-his-mind, somebody-slap-him-into-the-middle-of-next-week gangster. The man is trying to kill folks!
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I definitely believe the law should prevail and all that. But come on, the real ugly in Michael's untimely death was the man's addiction. People, he would go to sleep with an IV.
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Gates wants to do a doc on racial profiling. Obama pours beer and dilutes the importance of racial profiling. Some believe it doesn't even exist. Should we just move on?
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No one is saying cops wake up every day ready to put bullets through black people, but the truth is: the police are an extension of an American culture that often view black people as inherently derelict.
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Obama was on point about the frequency of racial profiling in this country. He missed the point about the racial element in Dr. Gates' arrest.
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Skip Gates voiced the outrage of many African-Americans, but some believe outrage is still dangerous. What do you think?
Dr. Henry Louis Gates expressed his outrage, but some still believe outrage is dangerous. -
Dr. Gates' Neighbors were surprised by his outrage. It's amazing how many Americans still live under a racist rock.
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What's up with folks cashing in on Michael Jackson only two weeks after his overdose? Now LaToya Jackson wants to release a single in "honor" of her brother.
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I'm an advocate for black people setting out to achieve excellence, but I'm not convinced white America should be able to sit back and watch black America get its hiney spanked by the president and not get their turn at the belt.
Obama and His NAACP speech was amazing, but when will White America Get Their Turn?
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.









