Texas Mother’s Reasoning for Allegedly Boiling Her Baby Will Make You Cry
After Dissing Black Americans For Years, African Immigrants Want Us To Care As Trump Tries to Deport Them. A Professor Explains What We should Do
This Alabama City’s First-Ever Black Councilwoman Receives Letter Calling Her N-Word, and That’s Not All
New Development for White Michigan Karen Who Lied and Said Two Black Men Assaulted Her
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A Former Treasury Boss 'Cuddled' With Her?
The story of how our country got to the point of financial meltdown is a lot of things — frightening, infuriating, nauseating, incomprehensible — but sexy? Former derivatives trader Iris Mack would have us envision her being tongued down by Robert Rubin, the Clinton-era treasury secretary who some blame for presiding over Wall Street’s deregulation…
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When Legislators Go Too Far
There once was a time when government in America generally erred on the side of caution. The unspoken rule mirrored the oath taken by physicians: “First, do no harm.” Echoing that sentiment, then-presidential candidate Barack Obama said in 2008 that sometimes it takes a scalpel to address a problem instead of using a hatchet. With…
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April Trip #3: This One’s a Real Beach
Everyone’s packed for this, our final trip of the month and cheer season, to Virginia Beach. Everyone except me. I just … can’t … do it. Love Virginia Beach, and the beach itself is a beauty. Last time I was there, there was some sort of kite festival, and I saw the most amazing, colorful…
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Saying Goodbye to a Legend
is an intern at The Root and senior journalism major at Howard University. Vernon Jordan, lawyer and former adviser to President Clinton, with former Secretary of Transportation Rodney Slater. Many came to reflect on the life of a leader. Former Secretary of Labor Herman spoke about the life of the civil rights pioneer. The former Apprentice…
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The Top 10 Black Celeb Philanthropists of All Time
Black Voices has compiled a list of the top ten celebrity philanthropists of all time. Below are just a few Lou Rawls Remember “The Lou Rawls Parade of Stars”? When the legendary crooner passed away in 2006 at the age of 72, he had helped the United Negro College Fund (UNCF) raise over $200 million…
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Single-Minded: Plowing Through the Oprah Bio
As it stands, “internationally acclaimed investigative biographer” Kitty Kelley’s latest offering, Oprah: A Biography, reads more like a middle-school book report than a well-researched, heavily reported, and revelation-laden expose. Footnotes would have been greatly appreciated. It reminded me of one I wrote in seventh grade on France. I waited until the 11th hour and, instead…
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Obama Checks 'Black', Gets Side Eye from Some
As you may have heard, Barack Obama is biracial. He did not identify as biracial when filling out the Census. For some people of mixed race, this was a disappointment. Below is an article from the Washington Post’s Elizabeth Chang I have always considered Barack Obama to be biracial, and I had hoped that his…
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What's a Moderate Republican To Do?
Well, I hate to say I told you so. Florida Gov. Charlie Crist’s defection from the GOP yesterday was a long time coming, and he is one of the last of a dying breed of moderate Republican elected officials in the United States. My fear is that like former moderate Republican Sen. Arlen Specter, D-Pa.,…