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Watch It Live: 'Innovation Nation: Startup Success'
Join The Root now as we live-stream and live-tweet “Innovation Nation: Startup Success,” a panel discussion about blacks in technology, hosted by SiriusXM radio host Mario Armstrong. The focus of the discussion is the new CNN Black in America 4 episode, “The New Promised Land: Silicon Valley,” which will air just prior to the panel…
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Sheryl Salomon to Be Managing Editor of The Root
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Nov. 9, 2011: The Root, the Washington Post Co.’s African-American news and commentary site, announced that Managing Editor Joel Dreyfuss is stepping down after two years at The Root. The Haitian-born journalism veteran announced that he is moving to Paris (where he spent a large portion of his childhood) to work on…
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Heavy D and Ruby Dee: Twitter Death Confusion
Just the latest reminder that you can’t believe everything you read on Twitter: Despite what social media might have made you believe for a minute there last night, 87-year old actress and civil rights activist Ruby Dee is alive and well. Today a representative corrected false reports that apparently resulted from confusion between her name…
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Show Us Your Friends and Family in Uniform
This Veteran’s Day The Root wants to honor the courageous men and women who have served in the armed forces by showcasing your friends and family in uniform. Upload photos of your friends, significant others, parents, siblings and other loved ones to our Facebook page. Also include your name and when the photo was taken,…
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Fourth Herman Cain Accuser Speaks Out
A fourth woman stepped forward today to say that Republican presidential contender Herman Cain sexually harassed her when he was the chief executive of the National Restaurant Association in the 1990s. Sharon Bialek, accompanied by her attorney, Gloria Allred, detailed the allegations about Cain’s conduct in a news conference this afternoon. According to a transcript…
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Race-Tainted Death Sentence: Appeal Denied
The Supreme Court has refused to hear an appeal from a Texas death row inmate who was sentenced to death after a psychiatrist told jurors that his race made him more likely to pose a “future danger” to the public, the Huffington Post reports. On Monday the justices turned away the appeal of Duane Buck,…
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Celebrating The Root 100: A Slideshow
The Root honored the 2011 class of The Root 100 at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 5. Mayors, policymakers, musicians and media stars gathered to celebrate one another and their achievements. Here, The Root 100 honorees in attendance pose with Deputy Editor Sheryl Huggins Salomon and Publisher Donna Byrd. Managing…
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The Best of Halloween: Reader Photos
Reader Rhodalyn Medow submitted this adorable photo of Marlon’Jey as Bat Boy. Schala Guzman from Los Angeles dressed up as Facebook before the upgrades. Reader James West III of Missouri City, Texas, writes, “The innocent ones at Halloween Dance in Houston.” Chocolate Hair Vanilla Care sent in this photo of a 4-year-old girl in a…
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White House Q&A With The Root: Live Stream
The White House is officially “Open for Questions.” At 5:30 p.m. at the White House, The Root’s Cynthia Gordy will moderate a conversation with Melody Barnes and Valerie Jarrett about the American Jobs Act and what the Obama administration is doing to help the poor. Watch the live stream of the Q&A here and submit…
Black News and Black Views with a Whole Lotta Attitude
