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Quote of the Day: Cornel West on Liberalism
Read The Root’s coverage of Cornel West 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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A Year of Dressing Modestly Changed My Life
For nine months, Salon blogger Lauren Shields adopted a modest style of dress, much like that of Islamic women, because she disliked the daily routine of putting outfits together. To her surprise, she found it liberating. … One day, a woman came to my “Women in Church History” class. She had spent some time in…
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Force-Fed on Camera: Twitter Tries to Watch
(The Root) — Rapper Yasiin Bey, formerly known as Mos Def, recently volunteered to be force-fed as the subject of a human rights video. The video demonstrates the standard nasal-to-stomach force-feeding procedure employed at Guantanamo Bay to circumnavigate prisoners’ hunger strikes and fasts. The video was made by noted documentarian Asif Kapadia for the human…
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Kanye and Kim to Wed in Egypt?
After welcoming daughter North West into the world just three weeks ago, rapper Kanye West and girlfriend Kim Kardashian have decided to wed, according to reports. And in true Kimye style, they’ll do so lavishly with a ceremony in Egypt. Although the exact location has not been selected yet, Yahoo reports that Kim wants to…
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Want a Job? Move to Minneapolis
With America’s unemployment rate at 7.6 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics has released its lineup of metropolitan areas with low unemployment rates — and coming in at No. 1 is Minneapolis. Slate reports that because of its general low cost of living and high wages, Minneapolis is a great place to move if you’re…
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50 Cent Proves Money Doesn't Make a Father
(The Root) — 50 Cent is having a bad week. Despite the saying that there is no such thing as bad publicity, the rapper-turned-actor-turned-mogul has managed to prove multiple times over the last few days that the maxim is not true. First he was accused of domestic violence. Now he is accused of being a…
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States Will Control Many Aspects of Obamacare
When a law requiring the uninsured to purchase health insurance takes effect on Jan. 1, 2014, the cost, the extensiveness of benefits and the number of competing insurance companies that opt in to the health care marketplaces will all depend on where a person lives, CNBC reports. The Affordable Care Act mandating those marketplaces, also…
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Jay-Z Is Tweeting! No, Really!
(The Root) — When Vibe announced that Jay-Z would be answering questions on Twitter on Monday, black Twitter nearly collapsed under its own weight. It’s a big deal because the music mogul rarely tweets; he’s pretty much averaged one tweet per month this year, with the exception of June, when he hit the “tweet” button…
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Share Your Essence Music Festival Photos
(The Root) — It’s that time again! This past weekend, the Essence Music Festival came to New Orleans, and with headlining performances from Beyoncé, Solange, Maxwell, New Edition and Jill Scott, it was a great show. NOLA was buzzing with great music, food and people. We’re sure you had your camera out to capture the memories. The…
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Lauryn Hill Begins Prison Sentence on Tax Charges
Lauryn Hill began serving a three-month prison sentence in Connecticut on Monday after neglecting to pay more than $1 million in taxes over the last decade, the Associated Press reports. Ed Ross, a spokesman for the federal Bureau of Prisons, says the Grammy-winning singer reported Monday to the federal prison in Danbury. Hill started singing…
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