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How to Show Up For Someone Who Is Grieving This Holiday Season

How to Show Up For Someone Who Is Grieving This Holiday Season

Here are a few practical ways to let someone know you’re there for them when they’re managing grief during the holidays
How CoCo Gauff Became the World's Highest-Paid Female Athlete at Just 21 Years Old!

How CoCo Gauff Became the World’s Highest-Paid Female Athlete at Just 21 Years Old!

Forbes named Coco Gauff the world’s highest-paid female athlete of 2025, proving she knows exactly
Why Rihanna and A$AP Rocky Are The Flyest Parents Ever

Why Rihanna and A$AP Rocky Are The Flyest Parents Ever

Between Rihanna’s billionaire empire and Rocky’s influence on fashion and culture, their children might just
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  • Beyond Fame With Holly Robinson Peete

    Holly Robinson Peete took off on 21 Jump Street, for my old-schoolers, and even hung with Mr. Cooper. Now this actress, mom, author, wife and philanthropist has added another feather in her hat: co-host of the new daytime talk show The Talk. In this audio interview, Contributing Editor Anji Corley goes “Beyond Fame” with Holly…

  • The Root's 2010 Viral Video Mashup

    From the Old Spice Guy to Antoine Dodson to a 9-year-old with two very famous parents, 2010 provided YouTubers with a plethora of possibilities. Procrastinating at work was never so good.

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    Good News for Juan Williams, Star Jones

    Juan Williams Signs Contract for Two-Book Deal “Since his contract as a senior news analyst at NPR was terminated in October, Juan Williams has found no shortage of platforms from which he can express himself,” Dave Itzkoff wrote Tuesday in the New York Times. “In addition to the new contract he signed with the Fox…

  • The Root Interview: Wynton Marsalis on Obama's Runaway Band

    In this exclusive interview with The Root, the famed jazz trumpeter-composer talks about how jazz mutates and evolves from country to country; his latest project, Vitoria Suite; and why President Obama is a bandleader trying to lead a band in revolt.

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    Celebrated Journalists to Leave Posts

    In D.C., Robin Givhan Exits Post for Newsweek/Daily Beast Mira Lowe announced her resignation Tuesday as editor-in-chief of Jet magazine, and Robin Givhan, the Pulitzer Prize-winning fashion writer for the Washington Post, said she was leaving the Post for the new merged Newsweek and Daily Beast. Lowe, a former Newsday associate editor, was brought to…

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    Sixty Percent Agree with Tax Cut Plan

    Survey Finds 60% Approve of Obama Tax-Cut Deal “The agreement between President Obama and congressional Republicans to extend tax cuts and unemployment benefits is getting strong bipartisan support. Overall, 60% approve of the agreement while just 22% disapprove,” the Pew Research Center reported on Monday. “There are virtually no partisan differences in opinions about the…

  • Beyond Fame With Yolanda Adams

    Grammy Award-winning gospel star, radio host, mother, clothing designer and author are just a few of the titles that fit Yolanda Adams. The singer spoke to Anji Corley, contributing editor at The Root, about what’s in her closet, her plans for 2011 and what she did for three days that she’ll never do again. Listen…

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    Three Cops Found Guilty in Post-Katrina Killing

    “A federal jury tonight convicted three current or former New Orleans police officers in connection with the death of Henry Glover, a 31-year old man who was shot by a police officer and died in custody shortly after Hurricane Katrina tore through Louisiana in 2005,” A.C. Thompson wrote Thursday for ProPublica. “The circumstances of Glover’s…

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    What Obama Got Right About the Tax Cuts

    Obama Was Right: Public Didn’t Want to Keep All Tax Cuts In explaining Tuesday why he made a deal with Republicans on tax cuts that includes cuts for the wealthiest Americans, which he opposes, President Obama said at his news conference, “This is not a situation in which I have failed to persuade the American…