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Before They Take Your Home
Back in 2007, foreclosure seemed inevitable for Jenie McCaslin, a 70-year old African-American widow, who was unable to maintain the high monthly payments on a loan agreement she entered to refinance the mortgage on her southwest Atlanta home. Desperate to save the home she had lived in for nearly 40 years, Ms. McCaslin sought help…
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Inside the Mind of a Genius: Rackstraw Downes
Now that you know How to Be a Black Genius, members of the 2009 class of MacArthur fellows give some insight into the way they live and think. RACKSTRAW DOWNES Age: 69 Hometown: Pembury, Kent, England Current Location: New York Occupation: Artist 1. What four adjectives would your first best friend use to describe you?…
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Chiefs' Johnson Uses Gay Slurs, Is Totally Sorry For It
Larry Johnson apparently doesn’t understand the meaning of being quiet. A year after being put on probation for mushing two women in separate night club incidents, ole boy thought it would be good to air his frustrations out on Twitter—the Chiefs are 1-6 this year and he’s averaging a paltry 2.7 yards per carry. In…
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Chiefs' Johnson Uses Gay Slurs, Is Totally Sorry For It
Larry Johnson apparently doesn’t understand the meaning of being quiet. A year after being put on probation for mushing two women in separate night club incidents, ole boy thought it would be good to air his frustrations out on Twitter—the Chiefs are 1-6 this year and he’s averaging a paltry 2.7 yards per carry. In…
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Buy A Patch, Run A Mile If You Want To Keep Your Job
MSN’s Money reports that although Americans spend a whopping $2.5 trillion on health care and related expenses each year, employers cover in excess of 70% of the total cost of health insurance premiums. As the health care reform wages on employers are bypassing politicians and insurance companies and are actively searching for their own ways…
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Inside the Mind of a Genius: Lynsey Addario
Now that you know How to Be a Black Genius, members of the 2009 class of MacArthur fellows give some insight into the way they live and think. LYNSEY ADDARIO Age: 35 Hometown: Westbury, Connecticut Current Location: Kabul, Afghanistan Occupation: Freelance photojournalist for National Geographic magazine, The New York Times and the New York Times…
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Real-Life Balloon Boy
So, it turns out that the Heenes were not the first to get the wise idea about sending your kid up in a balloon to create some kind of media fracas (the mother has confessed, FYI). There was some goofball up my way in the early 1930s who tied his boy, Bill Crawford, to a…
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Michelle Obama Is Glamourous
In the hustle and bustle of everything else that’s going on in the world, it’s nice to take a break and realize this moment. First she’s hula-hooping and double-dutching on the White House lawn. And now this. Jezebel reports that Mrs. Obama is the only first lady thus far to grace the cover of Glamour.…
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Up to 20 Present for Homecoming Gang Rape
This is an article from our archives. For the latest news on The Root, check out our Buzz section. Up to twenty people participated in or stood witness to the gang rape of a 15-year old girl at a Homecoming dance in Richmond California. The assault, which lasted more than two hours, took place in…
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The Wedding of WHOSE Dreams?
Dear Come Correct: The love of my life and I are getting married over the Christmas holidays. We grew up in the same city, so many of our nearest and dearest will be there. He and I are in perfect agreement about how much to spend, what we want to wear, what kind of wedding…