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The Coretta Scott King Book Awards: 40 Years of Excellence
Saaret Yoseph is a writer and Assistant Editor at TheRoot.com. She manages and blogs for \”Their Eyes Were Watching …\” As a mainstay in the publishing world, the Coretta Scott King Book Awards has a full and rich tradition of recognizing the best literature for young people created by African-American writers and illustrators. The honored books…
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Citigroup Exec Goes Knucklehead Route, Has Child with Mistress
Citigroup Exec Goes Knucklehead Route, Has Child with Mistress The New York Daily News reports that Richard Parsons, who has been in enough of a professional pickle trying to get the Citigroup’s life together has apparently found enough time in his schedule for an extramarital dalliance with model/philanthropist MacDella Cooper that resulted in the birth of…
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Congress' Foreclosure Fix Helps ONE Person, Gets an F MINUS
One Homeowner Down, Only 399,999 to Go ProPublica reports a baffling statistic regarding Congress’ plan to help homeowners facing foreclosure. The “Hope for Homeowners” plan, launched last summer, was set to help 400,000 homeowners from joining the ranks of the dispossessed. To date, it has managed to help just one homeowner. ONE. How does that even happen? That’s…
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Terrorist Plot Puts Stress on NYC Blacks
It’s Memorial Day weekend and I just want to sit back, relax and enjoy the warm weather. However, the recent Muslim plot to bomb NYC synagogues has spun me into a pre-holiday fury. The four terrorist suspects are Black men. Three American, one Haitian. It is certainly difficult for some black men to navigate through…
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Nike's New LeBron/Kobe Puppet Commercials = Basically Amazing
Voiced by David Alan Grier and Kenan Thompson—who skyrocketed in The Buzz’s book with this career-salvaging voice-over tour de force—the ads feature Kobe Bryant and LeBron James puppets who room together. The ads are hilarious and harken back to Chris Rock’s Li’l Penny Days before Penny Hardaway just became plain Anfernee. Bravo, Nike. Bravo.
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555-Pound Teen Taken into Custody, Mom Arrested for Medical Neglect
Mom Gets Parenting FAIL, Arrested for Medical Neglect of Quarter-Ton Son From Baltimore, Maryland, CNN reports that a South Carolina mother who was wanted for failure to appear in family court and the medical neglect of her 555-pound son has been arrested. The boy and his mother were spotted at near a laundromat in Baltimore where the two were apprehended—the mother…
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What's Up Down There?
What’s up down there? Turns out a lot of women may be afraid to ask this question. Many are too embarrassed to admit that they can’t exercise vigorously without the risk of peeing their pants. That’s what I discovered when I tried to add jump rope intervals to my boot camp class. My group of moms…
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Barack Is Not Spock
Barack is not Spock. I’ve heard so much rhapsodizing recently about the obvious kinship of the “mixed-race” marvels that I had to set the record straight. I saw “Star Trek” last weekend. Good film, but when the Vulcan commander strolled across the bridge of the Enterprise, I was not reminded of the president. Others have…
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Keeping the Faith
Out all of the letters I received in response to my piece about my plight with student loans the one that stuck out most was from a reader who noted that I neglected to mention how faith helped me deal with my circumstances. I tend to keep my faith private, but for many Americans there’s…