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Inside the Mind of a Genius: Esther Duflo
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. ESTHER DUFLO Age: 37 Hometown: Paris Current Location: Boston Occupation: Professor 1. What four adjectives would your first best friend use to describe you?Short, French, voracious, pig-headed. 2. What dish…
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Inside the Mind of a Genius: Esther Duflo
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. ESTHER DUFLO Age: 37 Hometown: Paris Current Location: Boston Occupation: Professor 1. What four adjectives would your first best friend use to describe you?Short, French, voracious, pig-headed. 2. What dish…
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Inside the Mind of a Genius: Daniel Mikhail Sigman
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. DANIEL MIKHAIL SIGMAN Age: 40 Hometown: Los Angeles, California Current Location: Hopewell, New Jersey Occupation: Professor at Princeton University 1. What four adjectives would your first best…
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A Decade of Black Genius
Saaret Yoseph is a writer and Assistant Editor at TheRoot.com. She manages and blogs for \”Their Eyes Were Watching …\” Practicing piano was a chore until a young Jason Moran heard a rendition of “‘Round Midnight.” The classic by Thelonious Monk set Moran on the road to musical innovation that includes a jazz interpretation of…
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Obama Ball, Wall Street and the No Girls Allowed Club
NOW president Terry O’Neill finds it troubling that President Obama only hoops with the fellas. There are those that fear an all-boys culture is being cultivated in the White House and that’s not a good thing. If a woman’s good enough to run ball, then she should be able to do that. I’m fairly confident…
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Inside the Mind of a Genius: Beth Shapiro
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. Age: 33 Hometown: Rome, Georgia Current Location: State College, Pennsylvania Occupation: Professor of Biology 1. What four adjectives would your first best friend use to describe you?…
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Inside the Mind of a Genius: Elyn R. Saks
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. Age: 54 Hometown: Miami, Florida Current Location: Los Angeles, California Occupation: Law professor 1. What four adjectives would your first best friend use to describe you? I…
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Are Immigrants of Color Being Targeted for Deportation?
One early morning five years ago, Calvin James walked outside the Jersey City apartment, where his girlfriend and 6-year-old son slept, to put the trash on the street for pickup. As soon as James, then 45, walked outside, he was greeted by four people jumping out of a black SUV. Dressed in uniforms with “ICE”…
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Inside the Mind of a Genius: Edwidge Danticat
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. EDWIDGE DANTICAT Age: 40 Hometown: Port-au-Prince, Haiti Current Location: Miami, FL Occupation: Writer 1. What four adjectives would your first best friend use to describe you? Funny, neurotic, sensitive and,…
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Pass the Rock, Barack: NOW Prez Questions Obama's All-Male Pick-Up Games
As we all know, President Obama likes to run ball in his free time and it’s his choice of players that has NOW president Terry O’Neill concerned. From ABC News: “Relationships get built in those more informal settings,” O’Neill told ABC News, “and the relationships have a huge impact on the influence an individual has.…