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The Root Interview: Sonny Rollins
As he prepares for a rare live concert, the living legend riffs on the nature of jazz, his spiritual concerns and why it's important for young people to embrace the music.
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Plaxico Burress' Punishment Doesn't Fit the Crime
His former teammate LaVar Arrington comes to his defense.
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'Louis': Music Over Movie Making
Sometimes, marvelous music makes a mediocre movie seem better than it actually is.
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Fisk Says It Must Sell O'Keeffe Art Collection to Survive
In October, a judge will decide whether saving one means sacrificing the other.
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The Divine Nine: Frats and Sorors in Name Only?
For all the talk about the importance of making people pledge in order to gain membership, Greeks are remarkably silent on holding members accountable after they get in.
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GALLERY: Would a Black Person Get Away With This?
The Root takes a look at a handful of brow-raising incidents and asks if race and privilege influenced the outcome.
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GALLERY: Images of the NYC Mosque Protests
Plans to build a mosque near the site of the 9/11 attacks in New York City have brought out demonstrators against and for the project. See the faces of the controversy.
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The Surge Didn't Work
It’s a hard thing for any president to tell the country it's time “to turn the page.” But as U.S. troops continue to exit Iraq, it’s clear that the illusion of control is now a thing of the past.
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Lena Horne: Rediscovering a Legend
Civil rights legend, Hollywood royalty. Her new, posthumous CD collection of previously unreleased tracks proves that she could blow, too.
Instead of Marching, Let's End the War on Drugs
Changing the policy that has broken up families and put thousands of men in prison would have a far more positive impact on the black community than any number of symbolic marches.
U.S. Culture Wars Matter in the Middle East, Too
Forget about the protests against the mosque near Ground Zero; the threat to burn the Quran on Sept. 11 is what could incite serious conflict in the Middle East.
The Myth That Charter Schools Have Saved New Orleans
The national media have praised the decision to let educators flood the Crescent City with charter schools, but the results don't match the hype.
Time to End the Criminal-Punishment Binge
Mass incarceration has not reduced crime, but it has made prison a more common experience for poor black men than joining a union or doing military service.
