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by Annette John-Hall onSeptember 9, 2011
Coverage leading up to the 10th anniversary is getting to be a bit much for some of the victims' survivors, writes Philadelphia Inquirer columnist Annette John-Hall.
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by Joshua R. Weaver onAugust 31, 2011
Your guide to D.C. happenings during the AT&T Nation’s Football Classic weekend.
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by Ta-Nehisi Coates onJuly 21, 2011
Are whites responsible for black flight?
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by Helena Andrews onDecember 30, 2010
Settling down isn't just about getting married and having kids. At some point, you just have to stop moving.
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by Jon Jeter onSeptember 13, 2010
In the second of a three-part series profiling the nation's capital, The Root takes a look at who really holds the purse strings in the rapidly gentrifying (and not-so) Chocolate City.
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by Nick Charles onJune 25, 2010
Inside the beltway, at least 3 percent of the Chocolate City is HIV-positive, stats that you usually find in sub-Saharan Africa. A new documentary examines living in the midst of the epidemic.
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by Natalie Hopkinson onMay 21, 2010
Dear White House: If you really want to end childhood obesity within a generation, check out the Big Daddy Running Club.
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by Nicholas James onApril 29, 2009
Slavery's towering figure at last gets a historic bust in the Capitol. The bust of Sojourner Truth is the first such memorial for a black woman at the Capitol.
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by Matthew McKnight onJanuary 7, 2009
OK, so it's Inauguration Day and you're standing back 10 rows deep along the parade route. You've lost your family members who stopped somewhere a block or so away. Is your cell phone going to work?
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by Brian Gilmore onDecember 18, 2008
D.C.'s gun ban did nothing to save the lives of my friends.
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