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9/11 Heroes Denied Health Care by GOP
House Republicans were able to corral enough votes to defeat a bill that would have provided up to $7.4 billion in aid to those sickened by toxins resulting from the 9/11 attacks. Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) went off, giving Republicans a piece of his mind for doing the unthinkable. See the video below: Read more…
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'Ghetto Ballet' Is More Than a Documentary
A South African ballerina from an impoverished township located outside of Cape Town has landed in America. Featured in the moving documentary, Ghetto Ballet, Sibahle Tshibika was one of the dancers vying for a coveted spot in a local dance company that could help her escape poverty. While watching the film, Sharon Story, the head…
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New Parks Push Wants Us to Take It Outside
I do love parks, and have all my life. I grew up next to a park reserve called Possum Creek. (Stop snickering.) My neighbors’ grandchildren were the same ages as my brother and I, so most summers were spent in and around the park, catching crawdads and frogs, exploring the woods and coming home covered…
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Missouri State University to Honor Mary Price Walls
Missouri State University is doing the right thing. Mary Price Walls graduated as salutatorian of her high school. She was the first black person to apply for admission to Missouri State University, and never heard back. MSU now admits that Wells was denied admission because she was black. This was a common practice at mainstream…
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Saggy Pants Are Legal
A Bronx, New York, judge has ruled that saggy pants are legal. Judge Ruben Franco has thrown out a summons issued against a Bronx man for wearing saggy pants, finding that “the Constitution still leaves some opportunity for people to be foolish if they so desire.” Yes, you have the right to remain silent, to…
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Hugh Hefner: Civil Rights Activist?
With NBC’s new series The Playboy Club premiering Sept. 19, 2011, The Root’s editorial staff decided to revisit another side of the original Playboy Club nightclub-chain founder. Hugh Hefner isn’t one of the names you usually think of when you hear the words “civil rights pioneer.” So I was more than a little dubious when…
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Tuskegee Airman Buried at Arlington Cemetery
Col. Spann Watson, one of the famed black fliers who fought in World War II and then spent the rest of his life inspiring and mentoring others, was laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery. In 2007 Watson attended a ceremony at the U.S. Capitol, where he and other surviving veterans of the Tuskegee Airmen…
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Arizona Sheriff Continues His Quest to End Illegal Immigration
Despite the limitations imposed on SB 1070 earlier this week, Arizona Sheriff Joe Apaio continues to go about the business of finding illegal immigrants. It seems that some parts of Arizona do not need SB 1070. Case in point: Maricopa Sheriff Joe Apaio of Phoenix has been conducting sweeps to address the busiest “illegal gateway”…