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Irresponsible Anti-Vax Politics Could Transfer the Risks of Disease to Communities of Color
As the Center for American Progress’ Sam Fulwood III aptly pointed out in his recent analysis of the impact of the economic downturn in communities of color, there’s an old saying that also applies when we’re talking about health outcomes: “When white folks catch a cold, black folks catch pneumonia.” And with the concerns of…
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Bow Down: In Praise of Beyoncé
We all love Beyoncé Knowles-Carter and will take any opportunity to bow down to Queen Bey. With the Grammy Awards coming up on Sunday at 8 p.m. EST on CBS, we thought it was as good a time as any to lay out some fun facts about one of the greatest performers of all time.…
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13-Year-Old Boy May Have Been Killed for Knocking Over Trash Cans
It turns out that Ashton Harting, a 13-year-old Indianapolis boy who was shot dead in the wee hours of the morning of Jan. 19, may have been killed for knocking over trash cans, the New York Daily News reports. Police arrested and charged Dino Thompson, 17, with Ashton’s murder Monday. At first, a witness at…
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Rosa Parks’ Writings Available to Public, Revealing a ‘Lonely’ Woman ‘Cut Off From Life’
Rosa Parks’ volumes of letters, writings, photographs and personal notes will be released to the Library of Congress on Wednesday, giving researchers and the public access to the revered civil rights figure’s life and innermost thoughts, the Associated Press reports. Parks refused to give up her seat to a white person on a Montgomery, Ala.,…
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In the Loretta Lynch Confirmation Hearings, the GOP Continued to Drive Black Voters Away
In recognition of Black History Month, Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus and Co-Chair Sharon Day have released a statement in which Priebus says that “as we reflect on the generations of African Americans who contributed immensely to the fabric of our country and to the Republican Party, let us honor their legacy not just…
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DC Middle School Students Protest the Firing of Teachers 'Who Taught Black History'
Students at Howard University Middle School of Mathematics and Science walked out of class Monday to protest the alleged firing of three social studies teachers that were reportedly let go for teaching African-American history, WJLA reports. The public charter school’s principal, Angelicque Blackmon, is a black woman, but a parent said that Principal Blackmon canned…
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Obama Budget Proposal Taxes the Rich, Cigarettes, Corporations
President Barack Obama sent a budget to Congress Monday with ambitious strategies to strengthen America’s middle class. Chief among his proposals are plans to raise taxes on the wealthy and corporations and to use that money to spend a record $4 trillion on “domestic and military programs” to do things like rebuild roads and bridges, the…
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Dear Grammys: This Year, It’s Time to Recognize Some of the New Faces of R&B
Over time, as hip-hop’s influence has grown, it has developed—just go with me on the metaphor—this sort of hot, sexy relationship with pop. They’re the power couple in the music conversation. Which would be nice enough, I suppose, if, along the way, hip-hop hadn’t broken R&B’s heart, chucking it the deuces as it ran off…
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Keeping Up With the Pharaohs: Mummies in Stylish Footwear
This image is part of a weekly series that The Root is presenting in conjunction with the Image of the Black Archive & Library at Harvard University’s Hutchins Center for African and African American Research. Four naked warriors, all still wearing a quiver of arrows, but lacking their bows, kneel within the decorative borders of…
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Obama: Let’s Set Aside $50 Million to Restore Historic Civil Rights Sites
In a new budget plan, President Obama has earmarked approximately $50 million to be used to restore the national park sites affiliated with the civil rights movement. The move is a way to commemorate this year’s 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, The Hill reports. Obama hopes to invest in sites such as the Selma…
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