Why Black Folks Should Participant in the Black Census Project
New Study Links ‘Everywhere Chemicals’ Found in Plastics to 2 Million Premature Births
NBA Player Fired Over Anti-LGBTQ Pride Month Comments Sparks Free Speech Debate
Black Virginia Family Finds Army Discharge Papers That Unlock a Mother’s Secret WWII Legacy
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Romney Could Bottom Out With Black Voters
“Gov. Mitt Romney is currently positioned to garner an historic low rate of support among African-American voters,” according to a BET survey of 800 black voters in swing states released on Monday. “Only two percent of African-American voters in our poll currently support the Romney/Ryan ticket. The data indicate the traits that are pushing African-Americans…
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Scenes From Afro-Punk Festival 2012
(The Root) — The eighth annual Afro-Punk Festival — headlined by Erykah Badu, Janelle Monáe and Gym Class Heroes — went off without a hitch this weekend. The two-day event featured musical performances from acts such as Das Racist, Toro y Moi and TV on the Radio on two different stages; artists painting live on…
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Young, Fabulous and Female NYC: Highlights
On Aug. 22 in New York City, The Root brought together author and advice columnist Demetria L. Lucas, contributing editor to The Root; Black Girls Rock! founder Beverly Bond; radio host and environmental advocate Majora Carter; architect Pamela O. Abalu; and Tamron Hall, NBC News correspondent and host of MSNBC’s NewsNation, for a candid and…
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Hampton University's Old Story Resurfaces
Sites Recycle “No-Dreadlocks” News From 2001 For the last few days, the Internet has had its own version of the telephone game, in which a story is repeated from one person to the next and the version that reaches last person is completely different from the original. In this case, the story was about Hampton…
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No Blacks Voting for Romney in 2012?
“A new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll released on Tuesday shows President Barack Obama holding a four point lead over Republican challenger Mitt Romney,” Ned Resnikoff reported for NBC News’ “Lean Forward” blog. “But among African Americans, the poll shows an even stronger lead for Obama, as First Read reports: ” ‘Looking inside the numbers,…
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Scenes From Young, Fabulous and Female
On Wednesday, Aug. 22, New York artists, media moguls, entrepreneurs, mothers, daughters and sisters made their way to Soho’s Openhouse Gallery to join The Root in celebrating being “Young, Fabulous and Female.” The event (part of a series) featured NBC News correspondent and host of MSNBC’s NewsNation Tamron Hall; green advocate and radio-show host Majora…
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Stay Young, Fabulous and Female With Our New Tumblr
The Root’s Young, Fabulous and Female returns to New York tonight as NBC News correspondent Tamron Hall, host of MSNBC’s NewsNation, moderates a panel discussion featuring green advocate and radio-show host Majora Carter; architect and global head of design and construction at MetLife Pamela Abalu; Black Girls Rock! founder and DJ Beverly Bond; and A…
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Racist Code Words or Truth Telling?
How serious was Joe Biden’s mistake in saying to a black audience in Danville, Va., last week that Republicans are “going to put y’all back in chains?” How about Touré, the writer turned MSNBC commentator, who apologized for his language after saying last week that Mitt Romney’s campaign was sending coded racial messages? “I know…
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David Simon: War on Drugs 'Monetizes' Poor
(The Root) — Is there a link between perpetually high unemployment rates in many inner-city communities and the so-called war on drugs? David Simon, creator of gritty urban TV series such as The Wire, The Corner and Homicide: Life on the Street, believes so. Speaking on a panel convened Aug. 16 in Martha’s Vineyard by…
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Journos Press for Diversity in Debates
Choices Called Out of Step With Today’s Demographics Since the Commission on Presidential Debates failed to include journalists of color in the upcoming presidential and vice presidential face-offs, Univision has called on President Obama and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney to participate in a separate forum that the Spanish-language network would sponsor. The National Association…