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Lupe Fiasco Thrown Offstage After Anti-Obama Rant
According to concertgoers, rapper Lupe Fiasco was thrown offstage and escorted from a Washington, D.C., concert hall Sunday night after going on an anti-war, anti-Obama rant during a preinaugural concert, the Daily Caller reports. Josh Rogin, a reporter with Foreign Policy magazine, tweeted late Sunday, “Lupe Fiasco just got thrown off stage here at the…
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First Lady Mixes Designer and Affordable Pieces at Swearing-In
First lady Michelle Obama’s Inauguration Day outfit — an all-American combination of high-end designer and mall-shop affordable chic — proved a memorable choice, according to USA Today. First lady Michelle Obama’s Inauguration Day outfit is an all-American, high-low, coat-and-dress mix, but it’s so cold in Washington you couldn’t see the dress under the coat. Or…
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Obama, Biden Publicly Sworn in for 2nd Terms
President Barack H. Obama was sworn in for a second term on Monday, using his second inaugural address to call for renewed efforts to fight climate change, invest in education and ensure equal rights for gays, the Washington Post reports. Obama, 51, took his oath at 11:51 a.m. on a gray and chilly day in…
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The Environment and Obama: What's Next?
(The Root) — Until the inauguration on Jan. 21, The Root will be taking a daily look at the president’s record on a number of policy issues, including his first-term accomplishments and what many Americans hope to see him accomplish in a second term. Today: environmental justice. See previous postings in this series here. Background: Environmental…
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Activists Like Martin Luther King Are Scary
Martin Luther King Jr. could be a terrifying man to those who enjoyed the status quo during his lifetime. Times-Picayune columnist Jarvis DeBerry writes that people should remember that people who effect change in the world often have tunnel vision that makes other people uncomfortable, even if their goal is respectable. As we commemorate the…
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Where Was the 1st Underground Railroad?
Editor’s Note: For those who are wondering about the retro title of this black history series, please take a moment to learn about historian Joel A. Rogers, author of the 1934 book 100 Amazing Facts About the Negro With Complete Proof, to whom these “amazing facts” are an homage. (The Root) — 100 Amazing Facts…
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2nd Amendment Passed to Protect Slavery? No!
(The Root) — Recently Thom Hartmann published an essay on Truthout titled “The Second Amendment Was Ratified to Preserve Slavery.” Hartmann, who is described on the Internet as a radio host, author, former psychotherapist and entrepreneur and a progressive political commentator, said the amendment to the U.S. Constitution was intended, in part, to protect slave-patrol…
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Before Rosa Parks, There Was Claudette Colvin
Most Americans know of Rosa Parks, but few have heard of Claudette Colvin. As a teen, Colvin fought and was arrested for keeping her seat at the front of the bus — nine months before Parks would do the same. But she was deemed too controversial to be a catalyst for the Montgomery Bus Boycott,…
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The Root Fetes Obama's 2nd Inauguration
On Jan. 19, 2013, The Root held its second inaugural ball in its five-year existence — a follow-up to a 2009 fete for Barack Obama’s first inauguration. More than a thousand guests — including Angela Bassett, Chris Tucker, the Rev. Al Sharpton and Attorney General Eric Holder — joined The Root’s staff, writers, friends and…
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Black News and Black Views with a Whole Lotta Attitude
