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The Endless Aftermath of 9/11
[Editor’s note, Sept. 11, 2010: Though this essay first appeared on The Root one year ago, we believe it’s still as relevant today as it was then.] Sept. 11, 2001, was, of course, one of those Technicolor days, with beyond-perfect temperatures, azure skies — the better to see the column of smoke towering from lower…
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Jay-Z Should Rap About Marriage
As we read MSNBC’s report about yet another sad study on the decline of marriage for successful black women, the very single Hill Harper releases The Conversation: How Black Men and Women Can Build Loving, Trusting Relationships, and Steve Harvey’s book, Act Like a Lady, Think Like A Man still gets quoted, I find myself…
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Jeter Ties Gehrig on Yankees' All-Time Hit List
2,721. That’s how many hits it took for Derek Jeter to tie Lou Gehrig’s Yankee record. The hit came last night against the Tampa Bay Rays in the seventh inning. From ESPN: “It’s just kind of mind-boggling to know my name is next to his,” Jeter said after the Yankees’ 4-2 victory. Jeter had a…
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In Case You Missed It: Obama's Speech to Congress
President Obama addressed both chambers of Congress in a highly anticipated policy speech on health care Wednesday. In it, he laid out the framework for his plan to reform the health insurance and delivery system in America, in a way that would cut costs and provide coverage for any American who wants it—with a price…
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Are You Ready for Some Football?
Most of my reading in the last week has been devoted to NFL previews. I know that most of the predictions are wrong, but I can’t help myself. The NFL is by far the most volatile league of the three major North American team sports. This time last year, you would’ve been laughed at for…
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So a Birther in a Joe Wilson Costume Heckled the President…
“You lie.” Those words may greatly affect Joe Wilson’s political career in the days to come. Last night, during the president’s address to the Congress, Wilson expressed his displeasure at the president’s claim that health insurance reform would not cover illegal immigrants. Wilson took it upon himself to have a town hallian outburst then and…
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Reading List: The Sports Edition
Here are a few books for sports nuts, celebrity junkies, and those who enjoy a good, old inspirational story. Character Driven: Life, Lessons, and Basketball By Derek Fisher with Gary Brozek Simon & Schuster, September 2009 Although he isn’t always in the spotlight, Fisher, the Lakers’ starting point guard who has 13 seasons under his…
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Can We Be Broke On TV, Too?
With the fall television season now in full swing, The Huffington Post compiled a list of recession-ready shows the major networks hope will lure you to the telly. Among them include new shows like ABC’s “Hank,” starring Kelsey Grammer, who plays Hank, a newly laid off and broke Wall Street CEO who returns to his…
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Kids Are Prejudice, Too
According to recent studies, children form their own ideas about race, despite our best efforts. When the kids in one study were asked how many white people were mean, they said “almost none.” When asked about how many black folks were mean, they said “some” or “a lot.”How about that? So, you mean all that…
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Obama: 'The Time for Games Has Passed'
Nobody ever said the man can’t talk. And if President Barack Obama’s words alone could breathe vigor into Democrats’ effort to rebuild the health care system, we’d be on our way. If only it were so. Obama opened and closed his speech by finally departing from the fiscal case to make the moral one, invoking…