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Friends and Family Remember Malcolm Shabazz in New York
(The Root) — Family and friends gathered to remember Malcolm Shabazz at a memorial service at First Corinthian Baptist Church in Harlem on Thursday morning. Shabazz, the grandson of Malcolm X, died in Mexico on May 9 at the age of 28. Unconfirmed reports say that he was killed during a bar fight-cum-robbery. “We are…
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#TheyAsked: A Group Therapy Session
(The Root) — Since its inception, NPR’s CodeSwitch blog has facilitated some very engrossing, enlightening discussions about race on Twitter. A recent conversation, inspired by a post on AskReddit, earned a bevy of responses. CodeSwitch asked its Twitter followers, “What’s the most ridiculous question you’ve been asked (about race)?” Using the hashtag #TheyAsked, hundreds of…
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Kerry Washington Got Death Threats for Supporting Obama?
Maybe some Scandal fans thought Olivia Pope’s relationship with a Republican president on the ABC drama somehow informed Kerry Washington’s real-life political views. And apparently they were disappointed when she spoke in support of President Obama at the 2012 Democratic National Convention. The response? Death threats. (What else?) The actress described the ridiculous — and…
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Meet Harvard Law's Youngest Black Grad
At 22 Cortlan Wickliff, who was featured on The Root’s Young Futurists 2012 list, will become the youngest African American ever to graduate from Harvard Law School. That might sound like a major accomplishment to some, but for this bright scholar, it’s just a part of his master plan, according to the Boston Globe: Wickliff initially wanted to be…
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Charles Ramsey Wannabe? Man Stages Kidnapping to Be Hero
Kyle Dube, a 20-year-old from Maine, created a fake Facebook account to lure a teenage girl out of her house and ultimately killed her, the Associated Press reports. His original motive for 15-year-old Nichole Cable’s kidnapping: He planned to “rescue” her and “be the hero.” In an affidavit released after Dube was indicted, Detective Thomas…
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I Want to Marry Her but She Drinks Too Much
(The Root) — “I’m in a relationship of almost two years with a woman I love. Recently she has become a heavy drinker. Her job is demanding and comes with high stress levels. Lately she’s been unusually stressed and has been drinking more often. It makes her aggressive and rude until she sobers up, and…
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Man Gets 6 Months for Tweeting Obama Threats
(The Root) — A judge sentenced a 22-year-old North Carolina man to six months in prison for threatening, via Twitter, to assassinate President Obama. During the 2012 Democratic National Convention, Donte Jamar Sims sent a series of tweets outlining specifically how he planned to kill President Obama. Sims now claims that he was high on…
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What's at Stake for Obama in 2014
(The Root) — It is no surprise that President Barack Obama, who has already faced improbable odds and still managed to do the impossible, will soon face one of his greatest challenges yet. The 2014 midterms are perhaps the most important election of Obama’s presidency, offering the last opportunity to circumvent an obstinate GOP selfishly committed…
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