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The Root's 25 Most Popular Stories of 2011
Lauren is a former Deputy Editor of The Root. Let’s Not Forget Amanda Knox’s Lie, Oct. 16, 2011: As the mainstream media reported that Italy’s most notorious foreign student-turned-accused murderer had won her appeal, writer Phillip W.d. Martin reminded The Root’s readers of an interesting fact: that Knox had initially pinned her roommate’s murder on…
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Herman Cain's Top 10 Greatest Hits
Lauren is a former Deputy Editor of The Root. Herman Cain recently went on the offensive — telling CNN’s Wolf Blitzer that an acquaintance (who turned out to be Atlanta businesswoman Ginger White) would soon be alleging that they had a 13-year affair. It’s a change of pace from recent weeks, during which Cain has…
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Rapper Heavy D Dead at 44
Update on Nov. 8, 6:26 p.m. ET — The death of Dwight Arrington Myers, better known as Heavy D, was confirmed, according to People magazine. ” ‘I can confirm that he died today,’ L.A. Coroner Chief Craig Harvey tells People. ‘He was transported from a residence in Beverly Hills and was taken to a local…
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4 Questions With Artist Hank Willis Thomas
Hank Willis Thomas, whose work is featured not only at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in its “30 Americans” show but also in his own exhibition, “Strange Fruit,” chatted recently with The Root about the sports symbolism in his work, whether or not “30 Americans” is important in the art world and the piece that…
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4 Questions With Artist Nina Chanel Abney
One of the youngest in the “30 Americans” exhibit, which opens Oct. 1 at Washington, D.C.’s Corcoran Gallery of Art and features the work of 31 black contemporary artists, Nina Chanel Abney, graduated from Parsons School of Design in 2007. It wasn’t too long ago, she tells The Root, that she was studying the work…
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4 Questions With Artist John Bankston
San Francisco-based John Bankston is one of 31 African-American artists whose work is displayed at the “30 Americans” exhibit, which runs at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., from Oct. 1, 2011, to Feb. 12, 2012. As the gallery geared up for the exhibit’s opening, Bankston talked to The Root about “post-black” art…
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10 Years Later, No Relief From Fear
It started with a rumble under our feet. Then our desks began to sway, and dust fell from the ceiling. My co-workers and I looked around, at first confused and then increasingly alarmed. Perhaps if we were Californians, we would have known that the floor-shaking temblor that made headlines last month was an earthquake. But…
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The Tale of Miss Lizzie Devine
StoryCorps, a nonprofit organization that collects and archives recorded interviews with Americans from all walks of life, is a treasure trove of amazing tales. On occasion, StoryCorps animates the stories, and the latest one features cousins Cherie Johnson and James Ransom reminiscing about their inimitable Sunday-school teacher in Brandenton, Fla.: Miss Lizzie Devine.Check out storycorps.com…
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Kwame Kilpatrick: In Prison 'I Felt True Freedom'
Kwame Kilpatrick, the former Detroit mayor whose spectacular rise and fall — he was convicted of 10 felonies in 2008 and currently faces more charges — made headlines nationwide, visited Tavis Smiley recently to discuss his book, Surrendered: The Rise, Fall and Revelation of Kwame Kilpatrick, and the lessons he’s learned. When Smiley asks if…
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Amy Winehouse Found Dead at 27
Lauren is a former Deputy Editor of The Root.
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