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EVENT: Are You Young, Fabulous and Female?
Update: Due to an overwhelming response to this event the guest list is now closed. Please join the conversation on Twitter on June 30 starting at 7:15 p.m. at #youngfab. Join The Root for a panel discussion and cocktail reception on June 30 in NYC about black women who are young, fabulous and changing the…
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Desiree Rogers Joins Johnson Publishing as Consultant
Linda Johnson Rice is finally bringing in the big guns to turn around the battle to save Johnson Publishing. Former White House social secretary and longtime friend Desiree Rogers is working in a consultancy position with the company “to assist with corporate strategy,” says Wendy Parks, a spokeswoman for the publisher of Ebony and Jet…
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Todd Bridges: Coleman Had a Secret Will
Poor Gary Coleman. From the moment we heard the less-than-stressed-sounding 911 call made by his ex Shannon Price after he fell and split his head open, or the claim that she had to have the plug pulled on him so he wouldn’t end up like Muhammad Ali, or the plea she made via TMZ for…
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Unlocking Oprah Winfrey's Secrets
by Stephen Metcalf From an early age, along the way to pleasing white audiences who wanted the uplift without the guilt, Winfrey learned to make her blackness both integral and incidental to who she was-quite a deft maneuver. “I grew up a little Negro child who felt so unloved and so isolated,” said Winfrey. “The…
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The International Fight for Gay Rights
Zanele Muholi has a long story of activism. A member of black lesbian organizations during the ’90s, in 2002 the South African photographer co-founded the Forum for the Empowerment of Women (FEW), which is “the only black lesbian organization that has lasted for long in South Africa, if not Africa as a whole.” Five years…
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The 'Jim Crow' Injustice of Crack Cocaine Continues
Nothing symbolizes the conflicted state of U.S. race relations more than the tortured odyssey of crack cocaine. Federal sentencing enhancements for the drug, which we now know is pharmacologically indistinguishable from powder cocaine, date to the Reagan administration. They have had an astonishingly injurious impact. Although surveys show that most users of cocaine, in all…
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Introducing Facebook Social Plugins
If you’ve ever wanted to share an article on The Root with several friends, you’ll appreciate the new feature we’ve added to the site that should make it a lot easier. There’s a new button for Facebook’s ”Like” option at the top left of stories on The Root. Now by clicking on the Like button,…
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Young, Female and Fabulous in D.C.
Thursday evening kicked off the first event in The Root’s “Young, Fabulous and Female” series of gatherings focused on black women’s pursuit of success and meaningful change. It was a full house at the Washington Post building in D.C., as roughly 125 people came to see a lively panel discussion and mingle at a cocktail…
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Are You a Young Hustler?
The Root is looking for young artists and entrepreneurs across America who are working to make their dreams a reality. We’ll be showcasing stories sent in by The Root readers to potentially be featured in an upcoming photo gallery on the site. If you’re someone in their late teens/early-mid 20’s trying to make it big in…
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Did You Mail in Your Census Form?
Today is the last day to mail back your 2010 U.S. Census form before the government takes things to the next level: sending canvassers out to knock on your door, starting May 1. Once they do that, the cost of having you counted goes up from the pennies it costs for postage to $57 per…
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