Arkansas Deputy Gets His Karma After Racist Video Spreads Online
Black Museums, Exhibits That Should Be On Your Summer Vacation Plans
After Customer Got Caught In A Hilarious Braid Shop Brawl, She Recorded The Whole Thing
Meghan Markle Breaks Her Silence On Her Viral Twerk Video
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Are You a Young Hustler?
The Root is looking for young artists and entrepreneurs across America who are working to make their dreams a reality. We’ll be showcasing stories sent in by The Root readers to potentially be featured in an upcoming photo gallery on the site. If you’re someone in their late teens/early-mid 20’s trying to make it big in…
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Blog Noir: "The Black Republicans Series"
Below is an excerpt from the Black Republicans series on The Urban Politico entitled “Black Republicans: The Beginning” This series was inspired by the following question heard all throughout the Black Community from the blogosphere to the barber shop: “How in the hell could a Black person ever vote Republican?!?!?” Although, lately, many of us…
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Someone "Lost" a New iPhone Prototype…
Found this while cruising the Twitternets. It appears someone “lost” a new iPhone prototype out in Redwood City, CA and the team over at Gizmodo took a quick sneak peek While Apple may tinker with the final packaging and design of the final phone, it’s clear that the features in this lost-and-found next-generation iPhone are…
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Clarification: Susan L. Taylor Talks Back to The Root
It’s unfortunate that Linda Villarosa never reached out to interview me for the piece she wrote about me for The Root. Unfortunate and surprising, because I have always been accessible to Linda, who worked with me at Essence for many years. Fact is the story is inaccurate. Surely, I’ve known sadness, had my losses, breakups and shake-ups.…
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Sprinkle Some Black on It
Who doesn’t like ground up black people on their pasta? Penguin Group Australia had to reprint 7,000 copies of Pasta Bible last week, the Sydney Morning Herald has reported. The reprint cost A$20,000 ($18,000; £12,000), but stock in bookshops will not be recalled as it is “extremely hard” to do so, Penguin said. The recipe…
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NEWS STAND: Airlines Still Grounded, Mistrusting Government, Black Farmers Stiffed, and more..
Mama Nature Rules the Air http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/19/AR2010041901101.html?hpid=topnews The biggest disruption of air traffic since 9/11 continues to strand millions of travelers. Four days after an Icelandic volcano erupted spewing ash that can damage jet engines, just a third of European flights are expected to operate today. A few small airports opened as air authorities pushed back…
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Labor Protest Gets Danny Glover Locked Up
On screen, he’s often been seen as the lawman. In life, Danny Glover has found himself on the other side of things as an ardent champion for labor rights. Glover was arrested Friday during a protest of Sodexo headquarters in Maryland Montgomery County police spokesman Capt. Paul Starks says Glover and others stepped past yellow…
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Why Can't I Get Into Treme?
At The Root, we want this blog to be your source for summaries, commentary and critiques of David Simon’s new HBO show, Treme. But I’m feeling really uninspired to write a glowing—or scathing—review. Is it that there are too many characters and mini-plot lines? Maybe. Is it that life in New Orleans after Katrina can’t…
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Is the Congressional Black Caucus Dying of Neglect?
Has President Obama killed off the Congressional Black Caucus? From the very beginning, President Obama and his campaign promised the CBC nothing, so no one – not even the 42 CBC members – should be shocked that, at this point, they have gained minimal legislative progress with Obama in the White House and that they…
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Memo to Tea Party: Actually, I Want My Country Back
Memo to the tea partiers, et al: We’ll be cool—really—if you just stop using that phrase. You know what I’m talking about. The five words that you deploy accidentally on purpose to tell the president and a whole lot of other Americans that they’re not really Americans: “I want my country back.” What’s more insulting…