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Slur Highlights Race Problem in Gymnastics
(The Root) — When Gabby Douglas became the first black woman to win an Olympic gold medal in the individual all-around competition, her triumph sparked a great deal of discussion about the sport’s lack of diversity. As Douglas’ own long struggle to succeed made clear, training and traveling costs are great obstacles to many aspiring…
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Billionaires Save Head Start During Shutdown
(The Root) — There has been very little news worth celebrating during the current government shutdown, making it hard to decide which news is more depressing: that our leaders are collecting paychecks while hundreds of thousands of federal workers, including Secret Service agents and Capitol police, go without theirs; that politicians refuse to put the…
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Feel Sorry for Chris Brown Now?
(The Root) — Like most people with a modicum of common sense, I have long considered Chris Brown to be a pretty despicable human being. Besides his horrific assault on ex-girlfriend Rihanna, there was his almost total lack of remorse after the event, followed by a series of additional violent outbursts, including a notorious incident…
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Why Obama Is Winning the Shutdown Fight
(The Root) — Thanks to Charlie Sheen, “winning” has now become more than just a word to describe what happens when one team dominates another in a sports arena. It has become a shorthand to describe when someone is flying high in life or at least thinks he is. For this reason, the use of…
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Depression Cause of Capitol Violence?
(The Root) — According to ABC News, Miriam Carey, the woman killed by police after driving her car into a White House barrier before leading police on a chase to the Capitol, was suffering from postpartum depression. The outlet quoted Carey’s mother as saying the 34-year-old woman had struggled with the illness following her daughter’s…
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Should Congress be Paid During the Shutdown?
(The Root) — Nearly 800,000 federal workers are furloughed because of a government shutdown, which means nearly 1 million Americans are now unsure when and where their next paycheck will come from, despite being employed. But among those federal workers not feeling the pinch: Congress. Members of Congress, as well as the president and vice…
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Katie Couric Tackles Racial Profiling
(The Root) — Katie Couric has spent most of her career being known for her perky disposition and ability to transition seamlessly from interviewing a celebrity about a new movie to discussing a politician’s latest campaign. She is not exactly known for being a thought leader in the never-ending national conversation on race. But on…
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5 Ways Obamacare Benefits Black Women
(The Root) — For the last few weeks, America has been told to brace itself for what is being billed as one of the biggest threats to hit the country in years: the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare. A brief overview of some recent fearmongering headlines: “Obamacare Is Really, Really Bad for You,…
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Secrets of a Successful Business Career
(The Root) — In late August it was revealed that Merrill Lynch, one of the nation’s oldest financial institutions, would settle a class action lawsuit brought by African-American employees alleging discrimination. By settling, the firm became one of the few major players on Wall Street to acknowledge something that has been whispered about for years…
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Stripper Tweets Are Good for Cory Booker
(The Root) — Newark, N.J., mayor-turned-Senate candidate Cory Booker has enjoyed a pretty charmed existence during his decade in the national public eye. He has been on the receiving end of mostly fawning media coverage in the national press and appears regularly on national news programs that some members of Congress have a tough time…
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