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America's Credit Rating Downgraded
America’s pristine Standard & Poor’s credit rating has taken a hit for the first time. Standard & Poor’s announced Friday night that it has downgraded the United States credit rating for the first time, dealing a huge symbolic blow to the world’s economic superpower in what was a sharply worded critique of the American political…
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Former Olympian's State Senate Bid in Limbo
Former track star Carl Lewis has a message for New Jersey’s GOP, which is challenging his state senate bid on the Democratic ticket based on residency requirements: “I’ve actually put USA on my chest and I ran against the world. I can handle the state GOP.”So said the nine-time Olympic gold medalist in an interview…
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Obama: Congress Playing 'a Dangerous Game'
The political gamesmanship continues in the debt-ceiling debate between congressional Democrats and Republicans, with a deadline looming after which our nation goes into default on its debts. In a bid to push past the deadlock and calm jittery financial markets, the president took his case to the nation (once again) in a prime-time speech tonight…
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Murdoch Paper Cartoon Mocks Starving Somalis
A British newspaper belonging to the same media empire that is home to Fox News made light of its phone hacking scandal at the expense of famine victims in Somalia. The controversial editorial cartoon from The Times of London drew almost instant criticism after appearing in Thursday’s paper. Many considered the cartoon offensive, while others…
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Obama: 'We Have Run Out of Time'
Deep down inside, many of us always believed that despite all the drama and posturing, America’s leaders would work out a way to keep our nation from going into default. Surely they would work out something … right? This evening, when U.S. House Speaker John Boehner walked out on negotiations to extend the country’s debt…
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VIDEO: Murdoch Says He 'Didn't Know' of Wrongdoings, Gets Foam Pie
Murdoch Denies Knowledge of Wrongdoing Protester Interrupts Hearing With Foam Pie Attack. Know the old saying that begins, “If his mouth is moving … “? Watch above as media baron Rupert Murdoch testifies in front of U.K. lawmakers grilling him on what he knew about phone hacking at British newspapers owned by his News Corp.…
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VIDEO: Black Bloggers Gather in Los Angeles
This weekend, scores of black and brown bloggers and those who are interested in blogging have been meeting in Los Angeles at the 2011 Blogging While Brown conference to network, share best practices and explore the power of their voices online. The Root is there (we organized a panel on journalistic advice for bloggers), and…
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No, Obama's Not Dead. Fox News Twitter Feed Hacked
Update: The fake Tweets, which were up for about half a day, have finally been removed from Fox News’ politics Twitter feed. This incredibly sick prank can’t be blamed on Fox News, but it figures they’d be the vehicle for it: Early this morning, hackers broke into the Fox News politics feed on Twitter and…
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Scenes From Essence Music Festival 2011
Sheryl Huggins Salomon is senior editor-at-large of The Root and a Brooklyn, N.Y.-based editorial consultant. Follow her on Twitter. Mary J. Blige closed out the 2011 Essence Music Festival at the Louisiana Superdome on July 3, 2011, in New Orleans. Captions by The Root’s editorial staff Trey Songz delighted the crowd at the Louisiana Superdome on July…
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Shaunie O'Neal on Black Women's Portrayal on Reality TV
VH1’s reality show Basketball Wives is clearly a guilty pleasure of ours (hence the weekly recaps), but can we honestly say that it helps the image of black women on reality TV? The show’s executive producer and star, Shaunie O’Neal, seems to think so. In commentary published on CNN.com, O’Neal said that she tries to…
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