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Depression Cause of Capitol Violence?
(The Root) — According to ABC News, Miriam Carey, the woman killed by police after driving her car into a White House barrier before leading police on a chase to the Capitol, was suffering from postpartum depression. The outlet quoted Carey’s mother as saying the 34-year-old woman had struggled with the illness following her daughter’s…
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Obamacare Isn't Big Enough
(The Root) — It is long past time for Barack Obama to launch a rhetorical and public policy offensive, one that outlines economic priorities to promote job growth and end poverty. In 1941 President Franklin Roosevelt outlined the “four freedoms” that all Americans had the right to enjoy. Freedoms of speech and religion were combined…
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Quote of the Day: Tera W. Hunter on Dance
Read the quote in its full context here. Henry Louis Gates Jr. is the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and the director of the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African-American Research at Harvard University. He is also the editor-in-chief of The Root. Follow him on Twitter and Facebook.
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'Scandal' Stars Become Mannequins at Saks Fifth Avenue
On the eve of its third season, Scandal got the mannequin treatment at Saks Fifth Avenue in New York City. On Wednesday the department store threw a party in the show’s honor and unveiled its stunning new windows dedicated to the cast. Take a look!
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Questions Linger Over Howard University President's Resignation
It is incumbent upon Howard University’s administrators to be transparent following the abrupt resignation of theh school’s president, Sidney Ribeau, which comes at a time when Howard is struggling to survive financially, Clinton Yates writes at the Washington Post. On a sunny fall day following Howard University’s abrupt leadership change, much of the campus was still…
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A History of the Right and the Politics of Race-Baiting
Joan Walsh, Salon‘s editor-at-large, eviscerates a group of Republican House members, who represent mostly white districts, for trying to destroy the nation’s first black president through their latest ploy: a partial shutdown of the federal government. On the day the Affordable Care Act takes effect, the U.S. government is shut down, and it may be…
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Tea Party Not Worried About Those Hurt by Shutdown
The Daily Beast‘s Jamelle Bouie upbraids members of the Republican Party for failing to acknowledge kids with cancer, food stamp recipients and others who have been gravely affected by the partial shutdown of the federal government. For Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), the government shutdown is just a “temporary inconvenience.” The libertarian lawmaker is right…
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'Homeboys in Outer Space': A '90s Classic
(The Root) — In 1999 the satirical media outlet The Onion asked several “everymen” what they thought of Kweisi Nfume’s accusation of flagrant whitewashing in major network programming. “With the possible exception of MLK’s assassination, there has been no greater setback in the struggle for racial equality than the 1997 cancellation of Homeboys in Outer…
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Black Men Don't Run in White Neighborhoods
A new study reveals that fear of racial profiling prevents some black men from jogging in mostly white neighborhoods. Research by sociologist Rashawn Ray, Ph.D., an assistant professor at the University of Maryland, shows that black men are less likely to run outside if they live in a predominantly white neighborhood, according to Runner’s World.…
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Should Congress be Paid During the Shutdown?
(The Root) — Nearly 800,000 federal workers are furloughed because of a government shutdown, which means nearly 1 million Americans are now unsure when and where their next paycheck will come from, despite being employed. But among those federal workers not feeling the pinch: Congress. Members of Congress, as well as the president and vice…
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