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Robin Roberts Turns a 'Mess Into a Message'
(The Root) — I cannot get enough of Robin Roberts. She’s the type of woman whose smile isn’t just infectious — it’s irresistible, overpowering. When she smiles, you have absolutely no choice but to join in and do the same. It’s practically cultlike, my Robin Roberts worship, and it appears as if the rest of…
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Blerd Power
(The Root) — Our Black History Month series on the history of the blerd continues! We’ve traversed from the blerd’s beginnings at the dawn of America, and this week we follow the blerd from the mid-20th century to the rebellious end of the century. This was a time of thunderous social change, and though you…
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White People's Responsibility to End Racism
In a piece at the Huffington Post, Darron T. Smith, Ph.D., writes that white racism is a systemic phenomenon that is deeply woven into the fabric of our society — and needs to end because it has a corrosive effect on the minds, bodies and souls of all Americans. … Dealing justly with American racism…
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Detroit Faces Financial Crisis, Has No Plan to Fix It
The Detroit News is reporting that for the second time in a year, a state review team has found that the city is in a financial emergency that requires Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder to get involved. But this time, if Snyder agrees that a financial emergency exists, the governor’s choices are more limited. He could…
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Limbaugh on Sequester: 'I'm Ashamed of My Country'
Rush Limbaugh says talk of a sequester has made him ashamed of his country: The conservative talk-show host lambasted President Obama and other Democrats on Thursday, accusing them of playing politics and creating political tension and public anxiety over a sequester. “Ladies and gentlemen, for the first time in my life, I am ashamed of…
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Ohio Woman Claims She Was Fired for Obama Vote
A southwest-Ohio woman who says she was fired because she voted for President Barack Obama has filed a lawsuit against her former defense-contractor employer, according to the Columbus Dispatch. But the employer claims that the woman was laid off for economic reasons. Patricia Kunkle’s lawsuit accuses Dayton-based defense contractor Q-Mark Inc. and its president of…
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Boehner: Sequester Result of Obama's 'Failed Leadership'
As polls show Barack Obama leading the GOP in public support on major issues, Republican leaders are increasingly seeking to cast the president in a negative light. To that end, House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) recently penned a scathing rebuke of President Obama, blaming him for the nearly $1.2 trillion in across-the-board cuts set to…
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Don't Get Too Excited About Jay Taking Bey's Name
(The Root) For the past couple of days, our social networks have been all abuzz with a piece of “news” from gossip sites, blogs and radio stations, including Philly’s Hot 107.9: that hip-hop mogul Jay-Z has merged his last name with his wife Beyoncé’s (and used hers first, at that), meaning he’s officially “Shawn Knowles-Carter.”…
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Oscar Champ Sounds Off on Image Awards
As we gear up for the 2013 Academy Awards, airing Feb. 24, The Root is speaking with black Oscar winners and nominees — past and present — about the prestigious honor. (The Root) — Seeing Quincy Jones’ name listed as a composer for the 1967 film In the Heat of the Night forever changed Russell…
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Here's How We Destroy the Color Complex
In an interview with Ebony‘s Chris Williams, Drexel University Africana-studies professor Yaba Blay suggests ways in which we can begin to do away with the mindset that’s such a source of suffering within the black Diaspora. EBONY: What are some of the discussions that can be conducted inside and outside of the classroom about the…
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