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Don't Blame Ghana!
Sports commentators and pundits would like us to think that Ghanaian striker Asamoah Gyan went from hero to villain in a second, when he missed a last-minute penalty against Uruguay Friday and his team lost. You might think everything Gyan did for Ghana and Africa in this World Cup — including scoring the goal that…
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Let's Not Wait Awhile: Janet Jackson Ends Performance Hiatus at Essence
Janet Jackson is headlining this year’s Essence Music Festival. The iconic performer returns to the stage tonight after a two-year hiatus marked by box office success in two Tyler Perry vehicles and the death of her brother, music legend Michael Jackson. Janet finally agreed to perform at the festival after being pursued by Essence Communications…
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The Chronic Goes Mainstream: California NAACP Backs Legalization of Marijuana
The California branch of the NAACP is backing California’s Proposition 19, a ballot initiative that would lead to the legalization of marijuana. Branch president Alice Huffman calls it “A civil rights issue that has consistently stifled the upward mobility of young folks of color.” She added, “This is not a war on the drug lords.…
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Virtual Insanity: The Economy's Impact on African Americans
You’ve heard the saying, “When America sneezes, the rest of the world catches pneumonia.” The domestic equivalent to this analogy is the economic condition of African Americans during a recession. When white Americans are having a recession, black Americans are in a virtual depression. For example, the unemployment rate for whites hovers around 9.7 percent,…
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Michael Steele Speaks Out Against the Afghan War
Fresh from the “Is he still talking?” file, RNC Chairman Michael Steele has put his foot in his mouth again. What is it this time? Trash talking about President Obama and the war in Afghanistan. Steele blamed Obama for a starting a war that was in place before President Obama took office and that was…
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Incarceration Nation Gets a Reprieve
It’s sometimes dispiriting to try to make sense of the Supreme Court’s choices of which cases it will hear. Some cases that cry out for the court’s consideration are rejected (such as a federal court’s decision that a town’s racial profiling is constitutional, or a federal court’s decision that survivors of one of the worst…
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What Are Your Plans This Fourth of July Weekend?
The Root asked its readers to tell us what they are doing this Fourth of July weekend. Whether you celebrate the day or not, what are the ways you are relaxing and enjoying the holiday weekend? Fireworks, cookouts, staying cool inside or protesting? This is what readers of The Root had to say: On Facebook:…
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Would a Black Person Get Away With This?
Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani’s daughter, Caroline, is no Winona Ryder (remember, Ryder stole $5,500 worth of merchandise from Saks Fifth Avenue in 2002). You could say it’s merely a matter of powerful connections, but we wonder how likely it is that a young black woman accused of shoplifting $100 worth of makeup from Sephora…
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Payrolls Drop by 125K
In case you haven’t noticed, the economic recovery that the U.S. has been hoping for is slowing. Unemployment dropped to 9.5 percent — the lowest level since July 2009 — from 9.7 percent. But the reason for the decline was that more than 650,000 people gave up on their job searches and left the labor…