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Klan Rally Canceled in Shutdown
Maybe the shutdown of parts of the federal government isn’t all that bad. Turns out, it resulted in the cancellation of a Ku Klux Kan rally that had been scheduled to take place over the weekend in Maryland at the Gettysburg National Park, the Daily News reports. The Confederate White Knights of Maryland had been…
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High Interest in Obamacare Overloads Websites
The Obama administration and states are under pressure to get health insurance exchanges up and running smoothly after consumers seeking coverage on the second day overwhelmed websites and tied up phone lines with questions, the Associated Press reports. The logjam is good news for President Obama because it shows high interest in what has become…
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My Fiance's Wandering Eye: a Deal Breaker?
(The Root) — “When my fiance and I are out, I often catch him looking at women who, let’s say, look more like his ex than me. It makes me feel some kinda way. I try to ignore or look away, and I know all men look, but it still makes me feel insecure.” —E.I. …
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'Mixed' Is for Cake Batter, Not People
(The Root) — “Are you mixed?” This question has always turned my stomach. For one, I think it’s rude for strangers to inquire about something so personal. What am I talking about — I’m not a fan of speaking to people in general! The unassuming assuming questioner has racked up one strike against himself simply…
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Quote of the Day: Cornel West on Rap Music
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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Azealia Banks Explains Black Culture
(The Root) — Harlem, N.Y., rapper Azealia Banks is not a newcomer to Twitter controversy. It can be argued that Banks’ Twitter rants have defined her career more than her music. On Wednesday, the 22-year-old star took to Twitter to defend appropriation of black culture by white artists. “So white people reappropriating black culture isn’t…
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Why Black America Needs Obama's Voice on Gun Violence
Saying that black America needs the president’s leadership, Michael H. Cottman writes at BlackAmericaWeb that Obama is right to use his second term to help tackle the gang violence “as the black body count continues to rise in cities like Chicago, Detroit and St. Louis.” President Barack Obama is using his White House bully pulpit to…
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House Republicans' Attack on Women's Health
Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards, writing at CNN, puts the spotlight on a little-noticed amendment that far-right House Republicans passed amid the government-shutdown fracas that would essentially allow employers and insurers to refuse to cover women’s preventive health care because of personal and “moral” objections. This would include birth control, HPV testing, breast-feeding services and…
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Shellie Zimmerman's Doubts Come Too Late
The time for Shellie Zimmerman to raise questions about her husband George Zimmerman’s innocence was before or during his second-degree-murder trial in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin. They’re immaterial now that he’s been acquitted, Charing Ball argues in a spot-on piece at Madame Noire. Well I see Shellie Zimmerman has been in the news,…
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Obama Has Compromised Already
(The Root) — Given that they spent their August recess bragging that they’d oppose Obamacare at all costs, you’d think House Republicans would take ownership of the government shutdown. But maybe they’re not all that proud of it, because after the shutdown’s first full day, they pushed back on President Barack Obama’s assertion that it’s…
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