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Part 1: Interview with a Vegan
Leslie J. Ansley is an award-winning journalist and entrepreneur who blogs daily for TheRoot. She lives in Raleigh, NC.
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Republicans Attack President Obama Over Mosque Comments
Republicans are having a field day over President Obama’s comments about freedom of religion in reference to the mosque to be built on private land, two blocks away from the Sept. 11 site. Apparently, the president’s support of a plan to build a Muslim cultural center near ground zero is an indicator that he is…
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Young 'Lion King' Star Getting Transplant
Shannon Tavarez, 11, who played Nala in the Broadway production of The Lion King, is getting a potentially lifesaving procedure. Tavarez, who was diagnosed with leukemia and forced to quit the show last April, will get an umbilical-cord blood transplant Tuesday. The blood-producing stem cells used in transplants can come from cord blood, bone marrow or…
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The Gap Band's Robert Wilson Dies
Robert Wilson of The Gap Band has died of a heart attack. Known as the “Godfather of Bass Guitar,” Wilson was one-third of the celebrated R&B/funk band that gave the world the hits “Outstanding,” “Yearning for Your Love,” “Burn Rubber on Me (Why You Wanna Hurt Me),” “I Found My Baby” and “Early in the…
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Craigslist Suspect Dead of Apparent Suicide
Craigslist suspect Philip Markoff has been found dead in his Boston jail cell. The former medical student apparently committed suicide to avoid a trial for a series of murders linked to the Craigslist Web site. In April 2009, Markoff, 24, was charged with the fatal shooting and attempted burglary of Julissa Brisman, 25, at Boston’s…
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Alicia Keys vs. Fantasia Barrino
Former American Idol winner and R&B singer Fantasia Barrino tried to kill herself. It is being reported that she took an overdose of aspirin and sleep medication in an effort to escape the media scrutiny related to her role in an alleged affair with Antwaun Cook, a married T-Mobile salesperson. Cook’s wife, Paula, filed for…
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Voodoo in the Park
Practitioners of Vodou (or voodoo) gathered in Brooklyn, N.Y.’s Prospect Park Saturday evening to celebrate the anniversary of Bwa Kayiman, a ceremony credited with launching Haiti’s 1791 slave revolt. The devil was not invited. The history of the Bwa Kayiman (Bois Caïman, in French) ceremony is shrouded in mystery, but it’s generally agreed that on…
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An Appreciation of Abbey Lincoln
Going to a jazz show is usually about hearing this piano player or that saxophonist, but attending a performance by vocalist Abbey Lincoln was about performing a pilgrimage: It was about the confirmation of shared truths and a glimpse of the potential of those ideas. She died Saturday at age 80 in New York. Lincoln…
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Obama Defends Having a Mosque Near Ground Zero
From time to time, President Barack Obama speaks his mind without mincing words, something we wish he’d do more often. Speaking Friday evening at a White House Ramadan event (calm down, conspiracy theorists; President George Bush did the same thing all eight years of his presidency), President Obama weighed in on plans to build an…
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Jazz Singer Abbey Lincoln Dead at 80
Abbey Lincoln, a singer with a distinctive style influenced by Billie Holiday, has died at age 80. Lincoln sang in a plaintive tone that reflected her idol but was all her own. Best known among jazz aficionados, Lincoln often sang her own compositions, tailored to highlight her voice and style. She was highly respected by jazz…