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  • 05.13.09 Headlines: Finger Snappin' and Incense: FLOTUS Gets Her 'Love Jones' on in East Room

    ABC: Word to Norman Mailer: A ‘White Negro’ Sues Med School for Discrimination NYDN: Sex, Race Not Issues in SCOTUS Pick,Current Court Already Futuristic Like That OEN: Obama’s Education Budget a Mixed Bag for Pre-Post-Black Americans* TDN: RADIOOOOOOOO! Black Radio Stations Protest Fees Bill TWG: And Don’t Call Me George: The Principles and Productivity of…

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  • 05.12.09 Headlines: Sri Lanka Shells Hospital in War Zone, Says 'We Don't Know Nothin' about That'

    WSJ: No Free Chicken, but Still Cool: Eight Tuition-Free Colleges WP: Homeownership Among Immigrants Remains Steady: Obama Yaaalll! NYT: Minority Gains in Homeownership Erodes: Um…Obama, Y’all? YH: Tim Brown Says Raiders’ Al Davis Hates Black Athletes from Notre Dame, All 19 of Them NC7: AMBER Alert Still Out for Missing North Carolina Boy ATC: A…

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  • BOOKMARK: Walter Mosley

    In our ongoing video series Bookmark, The Root talks to authors to find out the personal stories behind their talked-about books. Here, Walter Mosley talks about life after Easy Rawlins, the critically acclaimed hero of his noirish crime series. The novelist talks about the shift from looking at the black-and-white 1950s-era Los Angeles to the…

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  • Monday's Headlines

    Front Page: Wanda Sykes Dispenses Topical Humor to Journalists, President CNN: Have We Overcome Our Race Problems?…Uh…Sure, Why Not? AA: Ghana on Cusp of Oil Boom; Daniel Day-Lewis Readies for ‘There Will Be Blood II’ BET: First Black Supermodel Gets Sued for Something or Other J&J: HBCUs to Obama: Not Everyone Went to Ivy League…

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  • Sunday Brunch: The Week in Review

    MONDAY AP: Obama Announces Plan to Cut Tax Loopholes AA: Zimbabwe: Mukanya Revisits Chimurenga Classics CBS: Malawian Dad Opposes Madonna Adoption FOX: First Family May Vacation in Martha’s Vineyard NWS: Doctors Warn Skin Cancer is Equal-Opportunity Disease SFC: Senators Want Obama to Look Beyond Fed. Bench for Souter Replacement TR: Black Youth Shunning Baseball BET:…

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  • Calling All Trekkies

    Truth be told, we weren’t so sure that the world needed another addition to the whole Star Trek enterprise. (Yes, Trekkies, we know: Sacrilege!) There are far too many spinoffs and spinoffs of spinoffs in the pantheon of summer blockbuster hits. So been there, so done that. Transformers 2. Really? But this latest entree, rather…

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  • The Confab — May 8, 2009

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  • Friday's Headlines

    AP: Obama versus the Fetid Remains of the Once-Proud GOP ABC: Delta Blues: Blacks None Too Pleased with Airline’s Diversity Initiatives UIA: Surprisingly, Black Students Have Hard Time Finding Niche at Univ. of Idaho (…) AP: Handyman Pleads Guilty to Oakland Editor’s Murder FTU: Kujichagilia with Ujima on the Side! Black Students Thriving in Afro-Centric…

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  • Thursday's Headlines

    CNN: Obama to Cut Budget by $17B; China: ‘Let’s Not Get Hasty Here’ NO: Jackson, MS Mayor Dies After Losing Primary NYT: Disappearing Acts: The Plight of Girls on Our Streets HP: Breaking the Cycle of Inner-City Gang Violence WP: Ties that Bind, Codes that Break: The Affect of Drug Laws on Black Families USAT:…

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  • Wednesday's Headlines

    NO: So…Dave…You’re the Mayor of Detroit Now BET: Man Throws Infant from Car; Buzz Hates Due Process ESPN: Usain Bolt Back Training; Asafa Powell, Tyson Gay Sad CNN: Roland Martin Reminds Deadbeat Dads that They Aren’t Tight DB: Does Kanye West Dress As Though He Likes Fishsticks? BSP: Chris Brown Turns 20, EVERYONE Clamors to…

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