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Segregation: Bad for Weathy People and White People
The conventional wisdom is that racial and economic segregation is bad for poor people and minorities who are stuck in “inner city” pockets. But The Atlantic is reporting today on new research finding that segregated regions are actually bad news for everyone because they have both slower rates of income growth and property-value appreciation. The…
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Young Chicago Father Inspired to Invent Pacifier with Built-In Thermometer
President Obama hosted the 3rd Annual White House Science Fair, highlighting the student winners of a broad range of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) competitions from across the country, on Monday, April 22. The science fair featured 100 students from over 40 states and represented 45 different competitions and organizations that recognize the next…
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5 Budget Friendly Outdoor Dates She'll Love
It’s never a good feeling when you have to say, “No, boo” when she wants to go to Nobu . And it’s outright pointless if you have to go with no boo. OK, sorry, but you get the point. Sometimes you just don’t have it like that. Not to worry. The weather is getting warmer…
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Why Is FBI Going After Assata Shakur Now?
(The Root) — The FBI’s recent addition to its Most Wanted Terrorists list has reopened long-dormant wounds from America’s racial past. Assata Shakur’s (formerly Joanne Chesimard) distinction of being the first woman on that list evokes the triumphant and tragic legacy of the black power movement. It was during an era whose high point, between…
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Antoine Dodson Goes Straight?
(The Root) — Hide your wives, hide your girlfriends! According to the social media sphere, Antoine Dodson, who rose to fame after a clip of him on the news went viral, has prayed his gay away with the Black Hebrew Israelites. In a flurry of tweets and Facebook postings, Dodson announced: “I have to renounce…
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Putting Assata Shakur on FBI List ‘Reflects the Very Logic of Terrorism’
On Thursday, former Black Panther Assata Shakur became the first woman named to the FBI’s Most Wanted Terrorists list. Today, Angela Davis and Shakur’s longtime attorney, Lennox Hinds, weigh in on Democracy Now to denounce the decision, with Davis saying that it “incorporates or reflects the very logic of terrorism” and is “designed to frighten…
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Has Obama Failed Black Americans on Jobs?
(The Root) — After a dismal showing in March, when fewer than 90,000 jobs were reported created, the April jobs report is being billed as a comeback of sorts for the U.S. economy: There were 165,000 jobs added, while unemployment fell to 7.5 percent, the lowest rate since December 2008, just after the economic collapse. Other…
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April Jobs Numbers Out: Black Unemployment Stagnant
The Labor Department released its April jobs report today with the good news that the economy added 165,000 jobs last month, while unemployment dropped modestly to 7.5 percent. Those numbers beat expectations, according to a Reuters survey of economists. But some of the report’s details were less than uplifting: Despite the slight dip in…
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Quote of the Day: Mary McLeod Bethune
Read more about Mary McLeod Bethune 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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When Men Put You in the Homegirl Zone
In a piece for Clutch magazine, Jamilah Lemieux muses about options for “cool girls” who are overlooked as romantic partners and blocked from the “dating lane.” I’ve known a lot of guys who have praised the ‘cool’ girls in their circles for their relatability, for being down-to-earth and a refreshing alternative to the pretentious, superficial…
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