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How Do We Fight Back Against Stupid Relationship Advice?
Writing at xoJane, Luvvie wonders why the business of fixing women’s relationship problems is booming, and why every man is jumping in feetfirst. If there was one wish I had for the fake Mayan apocalypse that sadly didn’t come true, it was that most online “relationship experts” would be swept away in the Biblical flood.…
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Is My Child Cut Out for an HBCU?
(Special to The Root) —- “My daughter is a senior at a predominantly white private Catholic high school. I’m concerned that she won’t ‘fit in’ if she chooses to attend a HBCU. She has applied to a few. How do I prepare her for that transition?” —Javonna Askew You’re raising an important question. There will…
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Powell to O'Reilly: 'You Only See Me as African American'
“Why do you only see me as an African American, Bill? That troubles me. I’m an American.” Ouch. Tell it like it is, Colin Powell! As the Huffington Post reports, the quote above was his response to a line of questioning from Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly, who was “perplexed” about how the former secretary of…
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Could a Bachelor Win the Presidency?
(The Root) — Though President Obama’s inauguration for a second term took place just over a week ago, speculation is already rampant regarding who the next black president might be. At the top of many lists is Newark, N.J., mayor and soon-to-be Senate candidate Cory Booker. Booker is telegenic, Ivy League-educated and a Rhodes scholar;…
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Trend Alert? African Men Tattooing Lips Pink
Well, this is new. Batta Box TV has released a video interview with a Nigerian man who administers tattoos that color his male customers’ lips a bright, bubble-gum pink (as he puts it, “cleaning up the lips”). The cost? About the equivalent of 35 to 40 U.S. dollars. And apparently there’s demand for the service.…
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Gabby Douglas Donates to Black-History Museum
Olympic gymnast Gabrielle Douglas will go down in African-American history as the first black woman in her sport to win the all-around gold. Now, thanks to her donation to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture, mementos from her 2012 London Olympic Games triumph will go with her, the Huffington Post reports.…
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Meet the Newest Black Senator
(The Root) — William “Mo” Cowan has been appointed by Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick to replace newly confirmed Secretary of State Sen. John Kerry in the U.S. Senate. Cowan will fill the role in an interim capacity until his successor is chosen in a special election in June. The selection of Cowan, Patrick’s former chief…
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Obama's Day, Jan. 30: Talking Immigration on Telemundo, Univision
THE WHITE HOUSEOffice of the Press SecretaryFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FORWEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30, 2013 In the morning, the President and the Vice President will receive the Presidential Daily Briefing in the Oval Office. This meeting is closed press. In the afternoon, the President and Secretary Clinton will meet for lunch in…
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Girl Who Performed at Inaugural Events Killed in Chicago
Just a week after performing with her King College Prep band and drill team at Washington, D.C., events surrounding President Obama’s second inauguration, 15-year-old Hadiya Pendleton was shot and killed at a park on Chicago’s South Side Tuesday, the Chicago Tribune reports. The unique narrative surrounding the majorette and volleyball player’s tragic death will no…
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Are You Afraid of Online Dating?
Reflecting on the Manti Te’o saga and the MTV show Catfish, The Root’s contributing editor Demetria L. Lucas points out in a piece for Essence that the online world is a great place to meet people, but it’s not actually where you date. … The farces perpetuated on Te’o and on Catfish speak to every fear anyone’s ever…
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