A Peek Inside Travis Hunter’s New Jacksonville Mansion
In Minnesota Assassination Attempt, Wife’s Split-Second Decision is a Testament to a Mother’s Love
KWN, ‘The Female Version of Chris Brown’ Got Black Men Worried And For Good Reason
Oklahoma Black Man Hit By Patrol Car During Jaywalking Arrest, and That’s Not Even the Most Infuriating Part
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Depardieu Covers Alexandre Dumas
Alexandre Dumas played by a white actor? That’s the controversial role the ubiquitous French actor Gerard Depardieu has taken on in a new film called The Other Dumas. Dumas, author of such famous novels as “The Count of Monte Cristo” and “The Three Musketeers,” was the grandson of a freed Haitian slave and a French…
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Remembering Malcolm X
Forty-five years ago today the world lost a “shining black prince” when black empowerment activist Malcolm X was assassinated in New York City. The anniversary of that tragedy went largely unnoted by the mainstream media, but ordinary people gave it its due in an outpouring of Tweets. The Root’s favorite Twitterati also weighed in. Referring to the debate…
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Interview: NAACP's New Chair, Roslyn Brock
This afternoon the NAACP elected its youngest board chair in history: health care advocacy professional Roslyn Brock. Though only 44 years old, the native Floridian is already a 25-year veteran of the civil rights organization. Most recently NAACP vice chair, Brock is a protégé of the outgoing chairman, civil rights legend Julian Bond. Bond is…
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Black Folks We'd Like To Remove From Black History
is an intern at The Root and senior journalism major at Howard University. In terms of his political career, it may be accurate to say that former D.C. mayor and current City Councilman Marion Barry has nine lives. Still, when your most famous words are, “Bitch set me up” in reference to being caught smoking…
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Reid Shows Support for Reconciliation Vote on Public Option
Saw this over on Plum Line. It appears Harry Reid would be down for a reconciliation vote if it comes to that. With more and more Senators signing on to the letter urging Reid to hold an up or down vote on the public option under reconciliation rules, Reid spokesman Rodell Mollineau sends over a…
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Keep Your Apology, Tiger
With a 13-minute speech that was covered on as many TV channels as a presidential address, Tiger Woods’ awkward public apology was surprisingly successful. But it wasn’t the puppy-dog eyes that did it for him. Tiger walked to the podium tepidly. Absent was the confidence we’re used to seeing him display on the golf course.…
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Which Would You Rather?
I took this photo this morning, just to give you an idea of what it’s like to be the only one in the house counting calories. On the left, half of a “mini” chocolate crème cake at 210 calories and 11 grams of fat per serving; on the left, my breakfast: two packets of raisin,…
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Senegalese President Proposes Resettling Haitians in Africa
President Abdoulaye Wade has a radical solution for helping Haitians earthquake survivors “They did not choose to go to that island,” he added, referring to the mass deportation of African slaves to Haiti, then a French colony, from the 16th century. “It is our duty to recognise their right to come back to the land…