Oklahoma Black Man Hit By Patrol Car During Jaywalking Arrest, and That’s Not Even the Most Infuriating Part
Chicago Black Man’s Face is Forever Changed After Being Tased By Police, But That’s Not the Worst Part…
These Black Democrats Were Allegedly Next on the Minnesota Gunman’s Hitlist
Why the Black Internet Believes Grammys Just Threw Shade at Beyoncé
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Black, Successful and Lonely
Author Helena Andrews has a good bead on what it is to be sucessful and single in DC and her talents have caught the eye of Hollywood. From The Washington Post: “Andrews’s life appears charmed: The film rights for her memoir, “Bitch Is the New Black,” a satirical look at successful young black women living…
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Check It Out: Colbert Chin-Checks GOP
A GOP purity test to see which candidates are fit to get Republican funding. Pot calling the kettle white indeed.
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Tiger Putting Himself on Time Out
Rather than take the “win quickly and have people love me again”, Tiger Woods is electing to take an indefinite leave from golf to try and save his marriage (and millions of dollars). From ESPN: “I need to focus my attention on being a better husband, father, and person,” Woods said on his Web site.…
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Michael Steele: Chairman…of Wackiness!
Michael Steele clowns around with RNC interns in a series of photos on TPM Media. Some people will likely make this into some absurd talking point, but really…it’s a few posed photos of a boss innocently taking silly shots with the kids that work for him. Good to see the chairman being intentionally goofy for…
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The CBC Sit-Out: Will it Last?
Fresh off a legislative victory that will provide up to $6 billion dollars in funding targeted toward financial relief in black America, the Congressional Black Caucus kept the pressure on the White House and the rest of the Congress to create jobs for American minorities. “Our community is bleeding,” said Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee during…
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When I Lost My Job
It’s been almost nine months since I lost my job. The date was March 17 to be exact. I can recall the day with the distinct clarity usually reserved for natural disasters or national emergencies. It’s like asking someone who lived through 9/11 or the Kennedy assassination what they were doing when they first heard…
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The Frugalista's Gift Guide
is an intern at The Root and senior journalism major at Howard University. You can give this doll to your baby nieces or even good-and-grown women who live in South Florida and blog about frugality. Oh, wait, that’s me. Yep, Disney’s first African-American princess is hitting the retail scene royalty. I’ve seen prices from about…
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Justice Department Won't Pardon Jack Johnson
The Justice Department won’t be doing Jack Johnson a solid. Pardon attorney Ronald L. Rodgers doesn’t think it’s a good use of the DOJ’s time to investigate the grounds on which Johnson should be pardoned, noting that since he’s dead, he can’t really, really benefit from it. In cases like Johnson’s, given the time that…
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NEWS STAND: Facebook Terrorists, Freeing D.C., and the Latino-Americano Label
Facebook Terrorists Can we ever catch up with al-Quaeda? They turn out to be such tech wizards. It’s such a contradiction to the images we see on TV whenever the coiffed suits are talking about our global enemies: bearded guys walking through mountain passes with guns slung over their shoulders and wearing robes and those…