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Obama: Hadiya's Parents Deserve a Vote
(The Root) — In his State of the Union address tonight, President Obama made an emotional appeal to Congress to vote on proposed measures to reduce gun violence, invoking the victims of the Newtown, Conn., and Aurora, Colo., shootings, Gabby Giffords and 15-year-old Hadiya Pendleton, who was gunned down in a Chicago park just a…
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7 Things We'd Love to See Mrs. Obama Do Now
(The Root) — First lady Michelle Obama has already started off her husband’s first term with a bang — literally. Her husband even joked that her new hairstyle, featuring freshly cut bangs, upstaged him during inauguration week. But now that the president has begun to lay out his agenda for his new term, the question many…
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Capital Connections: Out and About in DC
The annual Opening Night Gala at the Kennedy Center is considered one of D.C.’s top charity events and boasts a mix of top politicos and philanthropists. Guests at the gala, held on Feb. 5, were treated to three performances by the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and then enjoyed a lavish after-party with dinner and…
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Capital Connections: Out and About in DC
The annual Opening Night Gala at the Kennedy Center is considered one of D.C.’s top charity events and boasts a mix of top politicos and philanthropists. Guests at the gala, held on Feb. 5, were treated to three performances by the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and then enjoyed a lavish after-party with dinner and…
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Fox Analyst: Ben Carson Should Apologize to Obama
It’s a well-known fact that Fox News is not a big fan of President Barack Obama or his policies. But in a sharp turn of events, Cal Thomas, an analyst for the conservative-leaning cable station, urged Dr. Benjamin Carson, the celebrated black neurosurgeon, to refrain from taking victory laps after issuing sharp criticisms of the…
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Is Christopher Dorner Dead?
Updated at 11:12 p.m. ET: Despite an earlier report, CNN reported on television that Los Angeles police say that the cabin is too hot to search, and it might be days before a body that would be found in there could be confirmed as Dorner’s. Updated at 10:30 p.m. ET: CNN reported on television that…
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Who's in Mrs. Obama's State of Union Box?
First lady Michelle Obama’s guest list for Tuesday night’s State of the Union includes a teacher from Sandy Hook Elementary School; a police officer who responded to the massacre at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin; and Cleopatra Cowley-Pendleton and Nathaniel A. Pendleton Sr. of Chicago, the parents of Hadiya Pendleton, who was shot and killed…
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Getting to Wedded Bliss Is a Labor of Love
(The Root) — With all the fuss over what’s keeping black women and black men from jumping the broom, black married couples have been lost in the fray. Yes, of course, they exist! In fact, the vast majority of black women and men do indeed get married. Of course, many of us are putting our…
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Halle Berry, Chaka Khan Honored; Brandy, SOS Band Perform at BET Honors
(The Root) — Hosted by Gabrielle Union, the BET Honors aired Monday night. At its annual celebration of African-American achievement, the network honored Halle Berry, “Godfather of Black Music” Clarence Avant, spiritual educator T.D. Jakes, Olympic gold medalist Lisa Leslie and legendary musician Chaka Khan for their contributions to black culture and American culture as…
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Union President on Labor and Black History
(The Root) — The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees is America’s largest union, and Lee Saunders is the first African-American president in its 80-year history. According to Saunders, while AFSCME’s members are only 16 to 18 percent black, its ties to the African-American struggle for economic equality run deep. On the 45th…
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