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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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King Daughter on the Dual Honors for Jan. 21
(Special to The Root) — President Barack Obama is marking this Saturday with a National Day of Service in honor of my father, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., who would have turned 84 years old today. It means a lot to my family that the weekend honoring my father is dedicated to serving others. I…
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Obama's Day, Jan. 15: Presidential Daily Briefing
THE WHITE HOUSEOffice of the Press SecretaryFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FORTUESDAY, JANUARY 15, 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 the Vice President will meet for lunch…
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The View of Black Men Across the Pond
(The Root) — This image is part of a weekly series that The Root is presenting in conjunction with the Image of the Black in Western Art Archive at Harvard University’s W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research. Joshua Reynolds’ sensitive depiction of a black man, clearly of an actual sitter, is one of several portraits…
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Liking 'Scandal' Doesn't Mean Condoning Cheating
The Root’s contributing editor Demetria L. Lucas argues at Essence that women like the ABC show despite the main character’s affair, not because of it. As with anything that becomes quickly popular, a backlash is imminent, and Scandal’s time apparently has come. Writing for CBS Atlanta, Mo Ivory summed up the show’s main character as…
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