• Ready for a Chris Rock and Dave Chappelle Comedy Tour?

    Audience members at a small New York City comedy club got the treat of a lifetime Tuesday night, Vulture reports. According to the Comic’s Comic, comedy legends Chris Rock and the elusive Dave Chappelle joined each other onstage — where they texted Jay-Z, left voicemails for Arsenio Hall and Lenny Kravitz and dissected Seth MacFarlane’s Academy Awards…

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  • Supreme Court Hears Voting Rights Act Arguments

    Supreme Court justices are hearing arguments today in a challenge to the part of the Voting Rights Act that forces parts of the country with a history of discrimination, mainly in the Deep South, to obtain federal approval for any changes to their election laws, the Associated Press reports. Those responsible for the lawsuit argue…

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  • 'The Root Live': Be an Agent for Change

    (The Root) — We all know of things we’d like to change about the world around us, but do you have the courage to participate in that change? Get advice for funding, dedicating your time and effectively bringing about the change you want to see. On Monday, Feb. 25, at noon, our host Harriette Cole…

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  • Transcript of Obama's Remarks at Chicago Academy

    THE WHITE HOUSEOffice of the Press SecretaryFor Immediate Release February 15, 2013  REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT ON STRENGTHENING THE ECONOMY FOR THE MIDDLE CLASSHyde Park Career Academy, Chicago, Illinois3:31 P.M. CST THE PRESIDENT:  Hey, Chicago!  (Applause.)  Hello, Chicago!  Hello, everybody.  Hello, Hyde Park!  (Applause.)  It is good to be home!  It is good to be…

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  • Obama's Sit-Down With Chicago's Young Black Men

    (The Root) — Before his public remarks touting the newly announced “Ladders to Opportunity” initiative at Chicago’s Hyde Park Academy on Friday, the president had another, more intimate event planned: a private roundtable with 16 students enrolled in an anti-youth-violence program called Becoming a Man, or “B.A.M.” In Obama’s hometown, whose reputation for gun violence…

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  • The Next Obamas? Black, Powerful, in Love

    Authors of a recent study declared the Obamas the official replacements for Cliff and Clair Huxtable. Bizarre as the idea is that we’re allocated one-high profile black couple per generation, it’s true that the openly affectionate — and by all indications, mutually supportive — partnership is fast becoming a national reference point for what happens…

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  • Harlem Shake Videos: Have You Seen These?

    (The Root) — The Harlem Shake is back once again, and this time it’s a viral global meme. You might remember it from G. Dep’s 2001 video “Let’s Get It,” in which Diddy and Black Rob appeared, although the dance dates back to the 1980s. In case the ’80s were before your time, here’s a…

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  • SOTU Poll: What Will We Remember a Year From Now?

    (The Root) — Last night’s State of the Union address was a serious one. From statements on immigration, gun control, manufacturing jobs and more, President Obama laid out the ideals he hopes to achieve during his last term. But then there was some fun stuff — an interracial, bipartisan fist pump and an awkward water…

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  • Black Teen's Awesomely Smart 'Jeopardy' Answer

    A Teen Jeopardy contestant by the name of Leonard wasn’t sure of the answer to the game’s final question, but he knew one thing: He was a winner. He got a chuckle out of the host and a bunch of fans on Twitter when he revealed this response: “Who is … some guy in Normandy.…

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  • Transcript of Obama's State of the Union Address

    Remarks of President Barack Obama – As Prepared for Delivery State of the Union Address Tuesday, February 12, 2013 Washington, DC As Prepared for Delivery – Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Members of Congress, fellow citizens: Fifty-one years ago, John F. Kennedy declared to this Chamber that “the Constitution makes us not rivals for power…

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