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Is Obama Ashamed of Tiger Woods?
(The Root) — A lot has been made of President Obama’s recent golf session with Tiger Woods. More specifically, a lot has been made of the fact that the press was excluded from the outing. While the president has some surprising defenders on this, among them Fox News Channel’s Charles Krauthammer and, more tepidly, Bill…
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Does Obama Owe a Debt to Black America?
(The Root) — Does President Barack Obama owe a special debt to black America? Does he have a duty to spell out a specific black policy agenda? Is it time for him to squarely talk about race again, something he hasn’t really done since his 2008 Philadelphia speech? Will he have failed as the first…
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Miniseries Brings New Look to the Bible
(The Root) — On March 3 the History Channel is launching a 10-part miniseries filled with the drama, action, tragedy and triumph that make for compelling television. The characters are complex, the locales are exotic and vast and the time period is the distant past. Yet it’s a narrative that has resonated with people for…
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Obama Goes After Black Fathers Again
Writing at Clutch magazine, Zettler Clay says that the president’s “continuation of the hackneyed black pathology rhetoric of his political predecessors” is beyond disappointing. Fatherhood in black culture is laced with explosives. President Barack Obama seems to have a taste for pyrotechnics. On Friday, he hit his old Chicago stomping grounds to speak at Hyde…
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'Dreamgirls' Songwriter Talks Oscars, MJ
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) — Siedah Garrett is a burst of energy. Anyone in the presence of the Grammy-winning singer-songwriter for just the smallest amount of…
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Warren Hill Granted Stay of Execution
Updated: Tuesday, Feb. 19, 7:32 p.m. EST: Warren Hill has been granted stays of execution by the federal appeals court in Atlanta and the Georgia Court of Appeals, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. The decision to halt the execution was announced less than an hour before its scheduled time. The state Court of Appeals granted a…
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Why Aren't Black People Outraged? Harry Belafonte Gets Real
Actor and longtime activist Harry Belafonte accepted the NAACP’s highest honor, the Spingarn Medal, in a Friday ceremony. What did the confidant to Martin Luther King Jr., and organizer of the March on Washington, have to say about the pressing issues facing today’s African-American community? At the top of the list was America’s obsession with…
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Alec Baldwin Accused of Hate Crime, Brings Up Arthur Ashe Donation. Huh?
The New York Police Department’s Hate Crimes Task Force is reportedly investigating whether Alec Baldwin committed a hate crime against New York Post photographer G.N. Miller during a run-in this weekend. According to Radar Online, Miller says that Baldwin used racial epithets against him as he tried to snap a picture of the actor. Baldwin…
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How Would Michael Jackson Feel About Son's 'ET' Gig?
For this musical heir, long gone are the days of being hidden from the public eye and made to wear masks in public. Prince Jackson, the 16-year-old son of Michael Jackson, has put himself in front of the camera, and it sounds as if he intends to stay there. The aspiring actor, producer and director…
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Meet Ringling Bros.' 1st Black Ringmaster
Christopher A. Daniel writes at TheBurtonWire that Johnathan Lee Iverson, Ringling Bros.’ first black ringmaster, is the luckiest man in show business. Forty-eight weeks a year, he’s in a different U.S. city entertaining alongside a diverse cast and doing what he loves most: singing. “I’m a fierce advocate for living out the best life you…
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