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Old-School Bigotry? We Need to Fight 21st-Century Racism
Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy and Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling have focused America’s attention on racism in a way we haven’t seen for many years. But their racism is an echo of centuries past, and the outraged response to it, as good as it feels, does nothing to address the virulent strain of racism…
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Sports-Talk Legend: Blacks Can’t Cut It in Sports Radio
Just days after Donald Sterling was exposed as a racist on secretly recorded audio produced by TMZ, longtime New York talk radio legend and current Sirius XM host Chris “Mad Dog” Russo had what many are now calling his own “Donald Sterling-Al Campanis moment.” Los Angeles Dodgers executive Al Campanis’ four decades of MLB service came…
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Girl’s Shooting In Alleged Facebook Dispute Puts Spotlight Back on Chicago Crime
Just as Chicago lawmakers were beginning to breathe a small sigh of relief at the city’s dwindling crime rate, a 14-year-old South Side girl was shot and killed by classmates in a rivalry over a boy. Police arrested another 14-year-old girl and charged her with first-degree murder in the stunning execution-style shooting death of 14-year-old…
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Are You a 2-Minute Man? You’re Not Alone
It will take you longer to read this article than it takes nearly half of all men to finish having sex. And this is a fairly short article. But consider this: If a man and a woman start having sex right now, the man will either be asleep or smoking a cigarette by the time…
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Nigerian Schoolgirl Abductions: Here’s What We Know
On April 15, more than 200 Nigerian girls were kidnapped from their school in the town of Chibok. The Islamic militant group Boko Haram has been blamed for the incident. Since the kidnapping, details have been mired in controversy. With so much conflicting information, it is hard to keep the facts straight. Here is what…
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Report: Award to Sterling Wasn’t the First Questionable Move for LA’s NAACP President
Editor’s note: This article was originally published in The Michigan Citizen. Leon Jenkins, the Los Angeles branch NAACP president who awarded LA Clippers basketball team owner Donald Sterling with a Lifetime Achievement award among other commendations, lived, worked and won notoriety in Detroit. Jenkins was a 36th District Court judge between 1984 and 1987. During that…
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The Donald Sterlings of America Make It Too Easy for Us
The News: As the National Basketball Association prepares to try to force out Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling, the embattled owner says he will not sell his team. The NBA requires 75 percent of its team owners, or 23 of the total 30, to vote in favor of terminating Sterling’s ownership. NBA Commissioner Adam…
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Woman Says BART Police Handcuffed and Beat Her in Train Station
Oakland, Calif.’s, BART system has become the location of another police injustice, charges one woman. Nubia Bowe, 19, and two friends were returning home on a BART train the night of March 21 when police accused them of solicitation, Oakland Post News Group reports. BART police had entered the Lake Merritt station to respond to…
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The Root Is Looking for Summer Interns
Is it your dream to have a cutting-edge journalism career? Do you love to tell great stories through pictures? Do you have your ears and eyes on all things black culture? Are you a promising writer or multimedia producer or social media maven? Are you a resourceful problem solver who can work well independently as well…
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Audra McDonald Soars as the Legendary Billie Holiday
Audra McDonald’s Tony nomination this week for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role for her work in Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill isn’t a surprise to anyone who has seen her channel Billie Holiday. I did, closing my eyes during the performance, imagining that I was in Philadelphia in 1959…
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