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Is Obama Evolving on Marijuana?
(The Root) — On Wednesday the Obama administration unveiled a new strategy for its drug policy. The location of the rollout was noteworthy. It took place at Johns Hopkins University, located in Baltimore, a city so ravaged by the effects of drugs that it served as the backdrop to the hit television show The Wire,…
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Lauryn Hill: Million-Dollar Sony Deal to Avoid Prison?
Lauryn Hill, who pleaded guilty last year to failing to pay federal taxes on $1.8 million earned between 2005 and 2007, revealed in a Monday hearing before a federal judge that she has signed a $1 million deal with Sony under which she’ll record five new songs, according to a Billboard report. Sounds like good…
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Who Do We Have to Shame to Get a Gun Law Passed?
At Essence, Daniella Gibbs Léger explains her rage over the failure of background check legislation — and who she says is to blame. Before the events unfolded last week, Washington was going to be all about gun violence. Specifically, Congress was debating a bill on universal background checks. After the Newtown massacre, after the 3,500…
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Yes, They're White and Muslim
(The Root) — The American story has too long been told through a racial lens and always vis-à-vis “whiteness.” This is a dangerous premise — fortifying the principles of white supremacy, entirely incongruent with the nation’s democratic values. In no area is this problem more apparent than the American media — and news reporting in…
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Loving Your 'Thickness' Is Not a Barrier to Fitness
Ebony‘s Erika Nicole Kendall says that black America’s health problems are not caused by black women who love their “thick” bodies, and destroying their self-esteem isn’t a solution. We talk a lot about what fat-shaming does to us as a society, but do we ever really talk about what it does to us as individuals?…
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Should a Dinner Guest Call Out Racist Jokes?
( The Root) — “I’m white, but I’ve read an extensive amount of material about race-related issues. In learning more and more about them, some of which I had never even been able to conceive because of my whiteness, I’ve attempted to engage my white peers in order to educate them about how some of their…
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30 Things Every 30-Year-Old Should Know About Money
Writing at the Huffington Post, Tiffany Aliche says that she’s made just about every financial mistake you can think of — and learned some important lessons. … As a result of all my mistakes, I’ve learned some pretty valuable lessons. I’m doing relatively awesome now (financially speaking), so I figured I’d share what I’ve learned…
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Jane Fonda on Adoption: 'Maybe More Black People Should Reach Out'
(The Root) — Tonight on his PBS program, host Tavis Smiley speaks to Mary Williams, the African-American writer whose book, The Lost Daughter, chronicles her adoption by actress Jane Fonda. Check out this clip, in which Smiley asks whether the story of how Fonda “saved” Williams could lend itself to a Hollywood film, and whether…
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Meet the LPGA's Youngest Member
(The Root) — Meet Ginger Howard. She’s 17 years old. She has 78 golf trophies, 41 of them for first place. She was named to Tiger Woods’ Junior Golf Foundation back in 2003 and 2005, and now she has officially become a member of the Ladies Professional Golf Association, making her the youngest member ever.…
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