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  • Montel Williams' Drug Charge Dropped

    The Associated Press reports that a judge has dismissed a drug-paraphernalia possession charge against former talk-show host Montel Williams. In January, Williams was detained at an airport after authorities found a marijuana pipe in his luggage. The judge dismissed the case Tuesday at the district attorney’s request after the pipe tested negative for the drug.…

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  • Tea Party Obsession With Size of Government: Really About Race?

    Columbia professor Dorian Warren argues that, in the current heated debate over the federal budget, race deeply shapes our discussion. And it always has, even if no one wants to mention it. In a piece for ColorLines titled The Long Racial History of the Tea Party’s Deficit Trojan Horse, Warren agrees with the popular assessment…

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  • New Exhibit on Black Military Experience through Jim Crow Era

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  • The Root Recommends: Al Green's 'Greatest Hits'

    Chances are you’re not Facebook friends (or real-life friends) with soul legend Al Green, who turns 65 today, so you can’t give him a call or write “Happy birthday” on his wall. All is not lost! You can still celebrate his brilliant career by listening to his Greatest Hits album. The Rock and Roll Hall of…

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  • The Root Recommends: The 18th Annual New York African Film Festival

    Calling all of my movie buffs! The annual New York African Film Festival has begun in New York City, where promising and veteran filmmakers alike come together to show off their latest work. The festival, in its 18th year, will celebrate the richness of the African experience with 15 features and 16 short films. Running…

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  • Sharpton and West's MSNBC Shouting Match

    From the “Surprise! Black people don’t agree on everything (even Obama)” file: Al Sharpton and Cornel West went head-to-head over the issue of black leadership Sunday night on MSNBC’s The Black Agenda special. Sharpton’s position is that most black leaders, except for Obama, are silently doing nothing for the black community, while West calls Obama maybe no…

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  • Libyan Rebels: No Deal Unless Qaddafi Goes

    Reuters is reporting that Libyan rebels have rejected an African Union peace initiative, saying that they will not agree to a deal to end a two-month-old civil war unless Muammar Qaddafi leaves power. Hours earlier, South African President Jacob Zuma, head of an African Union mission, said Qaddafi had accepted the “peace road map” and…

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  • Black Valedictorian Recognized After 75 Years

    ABC News reports that after being passed over for the title of valedictorian of Westinghouse High School in Pittsburgh because of her race in 1936, Fanetta Nelson Gordon was finally recognized yesterday. Gordon died three years ago at age 88, but her sister, Sophia Phillips Nelson, 93, attended the ceremony and accepted the award on…

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  • The Root Recommends: Chris Rock's 'The Motherf**ker With the Hat'

    Chris Rock is back and better than ever. On April 11 he will be making his Broadway debut in The Motherf**ker With the Hat, a play about a couple that have been in love since the eighth grade, yet can’t seem to get it together. Rock plays the sponsor of one of the lovebirds after…

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  • The Root Recommends: 'Body of Proof'

    Fans who miss Sonja Sohn’s character on The Wire, Detective Kima Greggs, can catch her on ABC’s new medical drama, Body of Proof. The show follows the career of Dr. Megan Hunt (Dana Delaney), a neurosurgeon who is forced to change careers after a car accident renders her incapable of performing surgery. As a medical-mysteries…

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