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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Check It Out: Planned Parenthood Responds to Tebow Ad
Below is Planned Parenthood’s response to the Tebow ad set to air during the Super Bowl
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Court to Reconsider Charges Against Sudan's Bashir
According to All Africa, The ICC is considering whether or not they should add genocide to the list of charges brought against Sudan President Omar al-Bashir In a ruling issued on Wednesday, the chamber ordered a court pre-trial panel which last year issued a warrant for Bashir’s arrest on charges of war crimes and crimes…
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Listen Up! Why the Plan to Close Gitmo Backfired
NPR’s Morning Edition explains what went wrong in the Gitmo closing.
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Obama's Faith a Private Influence
President Obama has a private relationship with his god, but one that influences his job. From The Washington Post More than a year into his presidency, Obama has not chosen a church in Washington, and has attended services just four times. No single figure has assumed the role of spiritual adviser — publicly, at least…
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The Troubled (Black) History of the Oscars
When Hattie McDaniel, the first African American ever nominated for an Academy Award, arrived at the Ambassador Hotel for the 1940 ceremony, she was seated at a table on the extreme periphery of the auditorium. McDaniel had been nominated for Best Supporting Actress based on her role as Mammy in Gone With the Wind (1939).…
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Revising the Civil War Record
Though it has the movie Glory and an exquisite memorial on Boston Common, the Massachusetts 54th Regiment does not have Civil War history on its side. Glory, the 1989 movie starring Denzel Washington, and The Civil War, the Ken Burns series first aired on public television in 1990, portray the Massachusetts 54th as the Army’s…
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Twitter for Black Folks: The Ultimate Guide
As The Root has documented, the black community—while less represented in tech-heavy professions—is nonetheless a powerful force on Twitter: Topics relating to black American culture continually top the regularly updated list of most popular Twitter commentary. Exact figures for Twitter use among blacks have yet to surface, but The Root has picked its favorite black…
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Obama's Vegas Vacation
As Vince “Double Down” Vaughn might have said to President Barack Obama: “You’re money, baby—and you don’t even know it.” No sooner did Obama joke to a Nashua, N.H., crowd Tuesday that “You don’t blow a bunch of cash on Vegas when you’re trying to save for college,” than a bipartisan chorus of Nevada politicians…
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Don't Mess With the 'Stache! Holder Responds to McConnell
Eric Holder doesn’t like Sen. Mitch McConnell’s creativity with facts and said as much in a letter today, responding to critiques of the White House’s handling of failed Christmas bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab. Spencer Ackerman has a nice pull quote over on The Washington Independent Some have argued that had Abdulmutallab been declared an enemy…
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Check It Out: First Lady Finds Comfort in Her Role
A clip from The Today Show’s interview with First Lady Obama.