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Semenya Barred from Meet in South Africa
Caster Semenya has been barred from a South African meet due to unreleased gender verification tests. Despite this setback, Semenya announced she will return to competition Caster Semenya says she will return to competitive racing this season, releasing a statement on the same day that she was denied a chance to run at a meet…
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Costa Chica, A Corner of the Diaspora
is an intern at The Root and senior journalism major at Howard University. More than 200 Afro-Mexican communities lie nestled between Acapulco and Puerto Escondido, in what is commonly known as the “Costa Chica” area of Mexico. Many once lived in redondos, round, wattle-and-daub houses with conical, palm-frond roofs. The redondo pictured here is believed…
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What Social Media Ad Type Works the Best?
Found this over on Mashable The study (embedded below) tested seven different types of ads on two different publisher websites, Facebook and Allrecipes. The ad types evaluated were: banner ads, newsletter subscription ads, corporate profiles with fans and logos, corporate profiles without fans or logos, get widgets, give widgets and sponsored content. While sponsored content…
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Sour Green: Donors Call for Steele's Resignation
Michael Steele has a bull’s eye on his back. Those targeting him aren’t the opposition (though it usually is). Now, more and more of those who line the RNC’s pockets want the controversial chairman out. The Daily Caller exposed damning financial records of the RNC, which showed multiple instances of exorbitantly expensive trips, hotels and…
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Black Mothers Less Likely to Breast Feed
Despite the health benefits, a recent survey found that Black mothers are less likely to breast feed than their white or Hispanic counterparts A state-by-state analysis released Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicates that 54 percent of African-American women attempt to breast-feed their babies, compared to 80 percent of Hispanics and…
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Freeing the Black Woman’s Body
My husband was excited about his latest find for our kitchen: A pulpy poster of an old ad for Campbell’s “gumbo,” stirred by a plump, black woman in an apron and Aunt Jemima-style bandana. Me? Not so much. The woman could have been one of my grandmothers, who were both descended from slaves and both…
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Why So Few Blacks Join Immigration Rallies
At last week’s immigration march on Washington, tens of thousands of immigrants and activists rallied around the Capitol Building, calling for legislation that would afford legal status to the millions of illegal immigrants living and working within the United States. While official crowd estimates for such events are notoriously unreliable, the New York Times noted…
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Shirley Franklin Helps Close the Broadband Divide
A BlackWeb 2.0 Special for The Root Former Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin has taken on a new role as an advocate for broadband access for the underserved. She was recently named by the Alliance for Digital Equality as a senior policy adviser. In a special report to Roll Call, Franklin and former Miami Mayor Manny…