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What Black Leaders Think About Sotomayor
Saaret Yoseph is a writer and Assistant Editor at TheRoot.com. She manages and blogs for \”Their Eyes Were Watching …\” Like most folks, I would have loved to have seen an African-American nominee who could correct the historic wrong that occurred with the appointment of Clarence Thomas. Nonetheless, the Supreme Court is a classic example…
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Why Exercise is Not Child's Play
No matter what you think of Mike Tyson, it’s impossible not to grieve for him after the death of his daughter, Exodus, this week. The 4-year-old was taken off life support on Tuesday, a day after catching her neck in a treadmill cable at her home in Phoenix, Ariz. The accident was all the more…
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Roland Burris: 'I Ain't Do It!'
Roland Burris: ‘I Ain’t Do It!’ The Washington Post reports that Sen. Roland Burris has responded to recordings of he and Rob Blagojevich discussing campaign funds and the Illinois Senate seat. His claim? That the tapes and transcripts prove he was not involved in any pay-for-play collusion and that the accusations of such are a…
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Cleveland Cavaliers: I Believe
I’ve lived in Cleveland for most of my life, and I’m probably the worst local sports fan ever. The teams here routinely fail, so as a consequence, if you are a Clevelander, you usually adopt another city’s team as your own, just to have some hope in your life. The Cleveland Cavaliers have renewed my…
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New England's First Black Mayor Dies
Leo Jackson, New England’s First Black Mayor, Dies Leo Jackson, who first became mayor of New London, Connecticut in 1980, has died BET reports. A selection by his city council peers with a vote of confidence from then-President Jimmy Carter, Jackson only served one one-year term, but remained on the city council an additional thirteen…
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The Health Care Story You Should Read Today
Via TIME’s Karen Tumulty, Atul Gawande looks hard at why health care costs so much more in McAllen Texas, and, writes Tumulty, “why more health care isn’t the same as better health care.” When you look across the spectrum from Grand Junction to McAllen—and the almost threefold difference in the costs of care—you come to…
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Should Blacks Be Disappointed About Sotomayor?
“Are you disappointed?” my Latino colleague tentatively asked when I called to share in the excitement of the Sotomayor moment. I knew what he meant. Not that I’m not thrilled with the nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor. It’s an important and historic nomination of a brilliant judge whose life story resonates deeply not only with…
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Burris and Blago's Bro Caught Being Buddy Buddy on Wiretap
Burris and Blago’s Bro Caught Being Buddy Buddy on Wiretap USA Today reports that FBI wiretap transcripts released Tuesday show that Illinois Senator Roland Burris and Robert Blagojevich, head of his brother’s campaign fund, were in cahoots regarding the senate seat vacated by President-elect Barack Obama. On the tape from November 13th, Burris promises to…
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The Judge They Feared
In 1998, then-Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott, Mississippi Republican, decided to delay the vote on the nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to sit on the United States Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit. The reason was simple: Republicans feared that if Judge Sotomayor were quickly seated on the Court of Appeals, she would rise…
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Why Can’t Black Women and White Women Talk to Each Other?
It was clear from the moment Ricki Lake was introduced as the host of this season’s Charm School on VH1 that there was going to be ‘90s talk-show-type drama on the set. Lake, who always managed to bridge the high-low divide on her syndicated gabfest, is the perfect headmistress for a racially mixed cast of…