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3 Ways to Think Like a Businessman, According to Executive Walter Davis

3 Ways to Think Like a Businessman, According to Executive Walter Davis

From carpentry to consulting, Davis says real business thinking starts with self-awareness and strategy.
Trinity Rodman's Not Feeling Announcers Bringing Up This One Thing as She Attends Her Tennis Pro Bae's Matches

Trinity Rodman’s Not Feeling Announcers Bringing Up This One Thing as She Attends Her Tennis Pro Bae’s Matches

The professional soccer player has been at Wimbledon supporting her boyfriend, tennis star Ben Shelton.
What's Happening to Diddy's Fortune? Here's What We Know

What’s Happening to Diddy’s Fortune? Here’s What We Know

He was once on the way to billionaire status. Now, Diddy's net worth and his
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    The Browning of America

    News to Use: The Browning of America Census Milestone Eluded Most Front Pages New U.S. Census figures showing that white births are no longer a majority in the United States have implications for the news media as well as for the rest of society. The same figures pegged the “minority” population at 37 percent, a far…

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    Heart & Soul Magazine Skips a Beat

    No April Issue Amid Drama Over Unpaid Writers Heart & Soul, a health-and-wellness magazine targeting women of color, has had a rough go since it was acquired in January by a group that includes veteran journalist George E. Curry. One of its longtime writers says the staff has gone on strike to protest lack of…

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    'The First Gay President' — Not

    Blacks Unlikely to Agree With Newsweek Cover The new Newsweek cover shows the first black president wearing what is purported to be a gay halo. The legend reads, “The First Gay President.” It obviously wasn’t designed with most African Americans in mind. “SIREN: President Barack Obama isn’t actually gay,” Dylan Byers wrote Monday in Politico.…

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    Obama vs. 'Automatic White Preference'

    Study Finds Race Still at Issue in 2012 Campaign “After the 2008 election of President Barack Obama, many proclaimed that the country had entered a post-racial era in which race was no longer an issue,” Molly McElroy wrote this week for the University of Washington. “However, a new large-scale study shows that racial attitudes have…

  • Wanda Sykes' Unexpected Family History

    A surprise lay hidden within historical documents of comedian Wanda Sykes’ ancestors — a surprise that even Sykes herself couldn’t fathom. Sykes joined The Root’s editor-in-chief, Henry Louis Gates Jr., on his PBS show Finding Your Roots to investigate the lives of what she thought were her slave ancestors. After scouring archives in Virginia, Gates made an…

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    Obama Gives Historic Scoop to Robin Roberts

    President Backs Same-Sex Marriage in White House Talk Robin Roberts did not really need anchor Diane Sawyer’s confirmation on ABC’s “World News With Diane Sawyer” later Wednesday, when she told viewers that Roberts’ interview with President Obama was historic. The co-host of ABC’s “Good Morning America” knew the magnitude of her scoop. The buzz had…

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    Media Not Ready to Ban All Offensive Slurs

    NABJ Leaders Urge N.Y. Post Never to Use “That Vile Word” The New York Post’s use of abbreviations for racial and misogynistic epithets commonly used by many rappers prompted leaders of the National Association of Black Journalists Saturday to call for “that vile word” (the racial one) never to appear in the Post again. But…

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    Beyoncé's NYABJ Award Draws Fire

    N.Y. Black Journalists to Honor Pop Star’s Essay in Essence The New York Association of Black Journalists “is going to be looking at the criteria for next year” after its announcement  that pop star Beyoncé Knowles had won one of its journalism awards was greeted with surprise, criticism — and headlines,  president Michael J. Feeney…

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    How Word Leaked of Obama's Secret Trip

    “When President Barack Obama arrived Tuesday in Afghanistan on the first anniversary of the killing of Osama bin Laden, it was supposed to be a secret, like his earlier visits to the dangerous region,” M. Alex Johnson reported for msnbc.com. “But news of the trip leaked out hours earlier, raising new alarm bells about the…

  • Sanjay Gupta Scrolls Through His Heritage

    The search for Sanjay Gupta’s family history may have been simpler than the CNN medical expert expected it to be. Gupta sat down with The Root’s editor-in-chief, Henry Louis Gates Jr., on his PBS show Finding Your Roots to delve into his family history. Little did he know, eight generations of his family’s past were…