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Michelle Obama's Best Outfits of 2012
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After Tim Scott, Another Black U.S. Senator?
For those breathing a sigh of relief that America’s political season filled with non stop campaign ads, and name calling, was finally over, here’s some bad news. The nomination of Sen. John Kerry to become the country’s next Secretary of State, and his anticipated confirmation is setting up one of the most hotly contested Senate…
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What the NRA Should Have Said
(The Root) — One week after the tragic shooting at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn., claimed 26 innocent lives, including those of 20 children, the National Rifle Association held a press conference. The organization, normally known for being one of the most brash and intimidating in all of politics, had been unusually quiet in…
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Most Memorable Political Tweets of 2012
(The Root) — The 2012 election marked the first in which Twitter emerged as a media form just as relevant as any other, and sometimes more so, with campaigns, candidates and those covering them using it to break news, make news and respond to news. Below, take a look at the defining political tweets of…
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Who Is Incoming Sen. Tim Scott?
(The Root) — Practically overnight, Rep. Tim Scott has been catapulted from being just one of the hundreds of nationally unknown members of Congress to one of the most recognizable and influential politicians in the nation. With his appointment by South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley to replace Sen. Jim DeMint in January, Scott will become…
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Urban Lives Saved by Suburban Gun Mayhem
(The Root) — Shortly after the Jovan Belcher tragedy I was asked on a television program whether or not the NFL player’s high-profile murder-suicide and sports announcer Bob Costas’ courageous comments about gun violence in the incident’s aftermath would have any impact on gun control in America. I answered that they would not. The reason?…
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Is There Colorism on the Campaign Trail?
(The Root) — The latest installment of CNN’s docuseries Black in America asked the question “Who Is Black in America?” and examined the issue of colorism: bias based not just on race but also on actual skin color. The news special cited well-documented research confirming that lighter-skinned immigrants earn more than their darker-skinned counterparts. But…
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Susan Rice: This Decade's Lani Guinier
(The Root) — When President Obama released a statement on Thursday disclosing that U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice had formally withdrawn her name from consideration as a nominee for secretary of state, it marked the conclusion of the first major political battle of the 2012 postelection cycle. Republicans, still smarting from their losses on Election Day,…
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Michigan Labor Fight Hurts Blacks More
(The Root) — On the heels of a major loss for organized labor in Wisconsin earlier this year, when the state’s governor signed a law limiting collective bargaining rights (a law later struck down by a judge and pending appeal), unions are now under siege in the state of Michigan. On Tuesday Gov. Rick Snyder signed…
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Can Black Clergy Reframe AIDS Fight?
(The Root) — From Martin Luther King Jr. and the fight for civil rights in the 1960s to Rev. Al Sharpton and the fight against racial profiling and police brutality today, members of the clergy have been key leaders in some of the black community’s most important battles. Yet there is one issue plaguing the community…
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