Texas Mother’s Reasoning for Allegedly Boiling Her Baby Will Make You Cry
Should Black Americans Care That Trump Is Targeting African Nations For Deportation After Years of Africans Being So Damn Disrespectful To Us?
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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Facing the American Future
To our readers, Less than a month ago, I agreed to take over as the managing editor of The Root. I am very excited at the opportunity to work with Editor-in-chief Henry Louis Gates Jr. and our great team of editors and writers. I am also awed by the challenge. The role of African Americans…
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NEWS STAND: Dems Defend TSA Nominee Southers, Asian-American Gains in New York, Iraqis Angered by Blackwater Decison, Rush Loves U.S. Health Care
Democratic Defend TSA Nominee Southers Democratic U.S. Senators have come to the defense of Erroll Southers, President Barack Obama’s nominee to head the Transportation Security Administration. The nominee, a former FBI agent, had come under fire for inconsistent statements to Congress about accessing the criminal record of his estranged wife’s boyfriend. The inconsistencies were first…
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Cuba 2010: The Year of (Even) More Belt Tightening
(Translated by Achy Obejas) Havana—Provecta, in Spanish, means “old, mature.” (With a certain dignity.) For a person, 51 is a provecta age, especially in terms of maturity (just tell me about it, now that I’ve surpassed that threshold and can feel myself rusting). The Cuban revolutionary project has reached 51 years of existence and, for…
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What to Do in the 1-0
Time grows nigh/ for 2009. What are you going to do in the new year? Pop’ Africana has an app for that. Actually, it’s just a list and The Buzz commented on a few list favorites in italics. 1.Learn French Given the money flow, a Chinese dialect or two couldn’t hurt either. 5. Always buy two of…
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LeBron James: A Fan of the Subtle
In the summer of 2010, Cleveland Cavaliers star LeBron James will be an unrestricted free agent. For the better part of two years, it has been speculated that James would bolt to the New York market and resuscitate the tragically inept Knicks franchise, one that seems to have done nothing other than clear cap space…
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Our Keith Bardwell Problem
Ta-Nehisi Coates’ quote of the year comes from none other than Keith Bardwell, former Louisiana justice of the peace, who refused to marry interracial couples “I’m not a racist. I just don’t believe in mixing the races that way…” Yeah. That’s a fail. And at the risk of sounding like we’re excusing Bardwell’s absurd notions—which…
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President Obama's Letter to the CIA
In the wake of the seven deaths at a CIA base in Afghanistan, President Obama has sent a letter to CIA employees To the men and women of the CIA: I write to mark a sad occasion in the history of the CIA and our country. Yesterday, seven Americans in Afghanistan gave their lives in…
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No Questions! No Questions!
Sarah Palin is a scion of freedom and her Going Rogue book tour is fueled by liberty. This is a movement for the people. Except for people that might ask questions. Don’t believe it? Yesterday, TPM Media released Palin’s blogger non grata rider. And just in case you thought this was a game, just know…
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A Highly Opinionated Take on the Top 10 Movies of the Decade
I’ve been a movie junkie all my life. Reruns of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, The Wizard of Oz and the original Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory ruled my elementary school world. And I spent most of the ‘00s watching movies, reviewing them, writing about them, interviewing the folks in them and talking to the…
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So…Fox News Is…Real Reporting Now?
It’s the last day of 2009 and Fox News is turning over a new leaf. They’re focusing on hard news and reporting and going away from the divisive drivel that has done little to further dialogue. Three cheers for progress! …Only problem here? They’re the same old same. As Jed Lewison of Daily Kos points…