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Will and Jaden Smith's Interview About Everything
In an interview with Vulture pegged to their postapocalyptic drama After Earth, Will and Jaden Smith touch on everything from seeing patterns in life (Will says he’s a student of them, and Jayden seems to be, too) to who’s the biggest star in the family (Willow) to lessons learned about “the intricacies of global finance.”…
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Mayor Bloomberg Announces Online Competition for Black and Latino Young Men
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services Linda I. Gibbs, Young Men’s Initiative Director Jahmani Hylton and Ashoka Changemakers President Diana Wellshave launched “My Voice, Our City: What Will You Do?,” an online competition encouraging black and Latino young men to offer ideas that could help reduce racial and ethnic disparities in New York City. “The…
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Is Your Long Distance Relationship Breaking the Bank?
Are you one of 3.5 million people (according to the Center for the Study of Long Distance Relationships) involved in a long-distance relationship? If so, is the relationship squeezing you financially? As you may know, relationships are challenging enough without the added issue of proximity. The issues many couples deal with in their day-to-day local…
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Teen Vogue's Elaine Welteroth on Diversity in Beauty Media: 'It's a Step in the Right Direction'
When Teen Vogue hired Elaine Welteroth as their beauty editor, the magazine created a major buzz in the beauty and publishing industries, as she became the first woman of color to hold such a position. The hiring was landmark in providing an indication that women of color would be represented more in an industry that…
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Will Smith and Jaden Smith Dish on Money, Expensive Taste
Will and Jaden Smith, in a new interview with New York Magazine to promote their new film After Earth, addressed Will’s past money mistakes, how he educates his children on money — and Jaden talks about some of his rather expensive tastes. Will Smith says he’s met with, the author of Rich Dad, Poor Dad,…
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Jackie Robinson's Son, David Robinson, Blazes Own Path in Coffee Growing Field
If you’ve had the chance to see the movie 42, which is in theaters now starring Harrison Ford, Chadwick Boseman and Nicole Beharie, you know a little about Jackie Robinson, the first African-American to play major league baseball. Robinson broke the baseball color line with the Brooklyn Dodgers, who started him at first base on…
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Twitter Responds to Ruling in Zimmerman Case
(The Root) — The judge presiding over the George Zimmerman case delivered crushing blows to the defense this morning. U.S. Circuit Judge Debra Nelson ruled that “the defense may not bring up Trayvon Martin’s past marijuana use at trial, or his school suspensions or alleged participation in fights.” She also shot down a delay of…
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The Man Who Blew the Whistle on the IRS
(The Root) — If you have followed any of the Internal Revenue Service scandal (hopefully here at The Root), you may have noticed two things: Three congressional hearings have uncovered exactly nothing relevant; and the wearer of the white hat, for once, is a black man. J. Russell George, a graduate of Howard University, is…
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Charges Filed in Infant Shooting Death
Police filed charges on Monday in connection with the March shooting death of 6-month-old Jonylah Watkins, who was killed while sitting on her father’s lap in a minivan on Chicago’s South Side. THe Huffington Post reports that 33-year-old Koman Willis was charged with first-degree murder and aggravated battery with a firearm. He reportedly turned himself…
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Traces of Myspace
(The Root) — There are certain things we grew up with that we’ll have to explain to our kids one day: the Walkman, encyclopedias, rotary phones — and Myspace. Myspace is essentially a cyber-wasteland these days. Once the go-to site for social media networking, the bulk of its residents have packed up and moved on…
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