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How Muslims Should Respond to Terror
When two men hacked a British soldier to death on a London street last week, one declared that he’d acted in the name of Islam. CNN host Fareed Zakaria writes that when such violent acts occur, Muslims must say, loud and clear, that they do not condone the incidents. I understand the feeling that some…
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Julian Bond: Why I Likened the Tea Party to the Taliban
When retired NAACP leader Julian Bond said the Tea Party was “the Taliban wing of American politics” on MSNBC earlier this month, some people were not happy. But the long-time civil rights warrior writes on the Trice Edny News Wire that even a Republican agrees with his statement. One source is a study conducted for the…
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Quote of the Day: James Van Der Zee
Learn more about James Van Der Zee 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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Racing Pioneer: 'I Don't Let These Guys Punk Me'
(The Root) — In March, professional race-car driver Nicole Lyons became the first African-American woman to finish a NASCAR Whelen Series race. “Most people don’t even know that,” she said at the NAACP’s Leadership 500 Summit in Naples, Fla., on Friday. “But I bet we all know about Danica Patrick.” Lyons, who got her start…
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Obama: Oklahoma Will Bounce Back With Our Help
On Sunday, President Obama toured the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore, an area hardest hit by the tornadoes last week, before delivering remarks and asking Americans to donate recovery funds, reports CNN. Funeral homes and churches were busy with services nearly a week after the devastating storm, which killed 24 people, injured more than 375 others…
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Man Dies After Being Beaten by Sacramento Cops
A Sacramento, Calif., man died in custody earlier this week after he was repeatedly struck by police. Local CBS News station CBS 13 reports that the man stopped breathing in custody and was taken to a local hospital, where he expired. The suspect’s name has yet to be released by authorities. Video … shows a…
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Kanye West's 'New Slaves' Screenings Shut Down in Houston
On Friday, Kanye West’s Houston screenings for the visual companion to the new single from his upcoming album, Yeezus, “New Slaves,” were a bust, according to the Houston Chronicle. It’s unclear why the screenings didn’t proceed as planned. Houston police shut down the Yeezus revival at Rothko. Despite an upbeat, respectful crowd, they pulled several…
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Brazil to 'Write Off' $900M in African Debt
At the recent African Union summit in Ethiopia, Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff announced that she would write off or restructure $900 million in African debt to her country. BBC News reports that Rousseff hopes this move will further open business deals between Brazil and the resource-rich continent. Congo-Brazzaville owes the most to Brazil – $352m…
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Teens Build a Car That Runs on 'Social Fuel'
If you’re not too popular on Facebook or Twitter, you may want to work on that — your future mobility may depend on it. A group of Kansas City teens has created a car that runs on social media updates. The social media-powered car is the brainchild of Minddrive, a nonprofit that works with at-risk…
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Did Blacks Start the Trend of Heckling Obama?
After President Obama was heckled during his speech on counterterrorism Thursday, some people wondered how many times these types of interruptions have happened to the POTUS. The Huffington Post‘s Earl Ofari Hutchinson writes that the trend began with black protestors but has carried on thanks to the heightened American fringe culture, like the Tea Party,…
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