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Beyond Obama: 13 Power Players in 2013
(The Root) — As President Obama prepares to begin his second term as the nation’s commander in chief, we decided to take a look at the other powerful black men and women who will be shaping the nation’s policy and political landscape in the coming year. Some names and faces may look familiar. However, we…
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Greatness Starts Before Grade School
(Special to The Root) — Continuing their historical practice of working together to address issues of concern to the African-American community, the NAACP, National Urban League, United Negro College Fund and NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund are working cooperatively to improve educational opportunities for all students. This week we will run op-eds by the…
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Arm Every Teacher? Just Shoot Me
Writing at the Huffington Post, actor and standup comedian D.L. Hughley challenges the logic of those who think a free society involves having armed guards everywhere. This is why it is so difficult to have a national conversation on guns in this country. One side is interested in reasonable solutions to violence that protect people…
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'The Root Live' Video: Habits for Success
(The Root) — Have you ever wanted to pick the brains of highly successful people to figure out how they got to where they are? The Root Live viewers had just that opportunity on Monday, Jan. 14, during the live taping of the fourth webisode of the series — which featured Tom Burrell, founder of…
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Coulter: White People Don't Have a Gun Problem
(The Root) — You have to appreciate when someone on television flat out says what you think they think. Ladies and gentlemen, Ann Coulter … To say I’m shocked at Coulter’s assertion would just be a lie. This is Ann Coulter. She says ridiculous nonsense on a regular basis. But on top of her magically…
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Never Lose Track of Your Luggage Again
(The Root) — It’s happened to all of us at some point: You just landed at the airport, you’re the last one at the baggage carousel and that sinking feeling starts to set in when you realize that your bag didn’t make it to your destination. Adding insult to injury is the fact that the…
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From Twitter to MLK: Happy Birthday!
The official Martin Luther King holiday isn’t until Monday, Jan. 21, but the late civil rights leader’s birthday, of course, is Jan. 15. Today, the day he would have turned 84 years old, Twitter is abuzz with everything from his most inspirational and still-applicable quotes to statements mourning that he is no longer with us.…
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Watch This: Black Men on Love
Ready for The Root DC’s latest candid peek inside the minds of black men? This week BrotherSpeak, which last asked for its subjects to reflect on the word “fear,” is focusing on an even more intimate topic: love. Watch it here. Of course, we want to know what you think. Join The Root and The…
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Justice Thomas Breaks Silence to Hate on Yale?
Justice Thomas breaks silence to hate on Yale? The Supreme Court justice broke a seven-year silence on the bench to say something that was not entirely picked up by the official transcript, which included the statement, “Well — he did not -- ,” after a mention that lawyers for a capital defendant went to Harvard…
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Brooklyn's Mystery Racism Billboards
In Bedford-Stuyvesant, a hotbed of New York gentrification, half-a-dozen unusual billboards have popped up since August, Colorlines reports. What makes them different from the usual bus-stop advertisements? For one, they’re not selling anything but a declaration: that racism still exists, in areas from policing to education. Then there’s the fact that no one knows exactly…
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