A Peek Inside Travis Hunter’s New Jacksonville Mansion
In Minnesota Assassination Attempt, Wife’s Split-Second Decision is a Testament to a Mother’s Love
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Oklahoma Black Man Hit By Patrol Car During Jaywalking Arrest, and That’s Not Even the Most Infuriating Part
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Ballin' Out of Control?
The salaries of all NBA, NFL and MLB players combine for an annual payroll of about $57 billion. Now, keep in mind that 80 percent of the players in the NBA, 70 percent of the players in the NFL and 8.4 percent in Major League Baseball are black. When you do the math, roughly $33.25…
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Climate Change and its Impact
It’s Friday. It’s actually unseasonably warm and sunny in the BK [that’s Brooklyn for you non-urban snobs]. I wanted to blog about the 1500 Indian farmers who committed mass suicide after their failed crops [due to climate change] sent them into debt. I also wanted to blog about the Eskimo village that was flooded [due…
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Who Knew MLK Was so Green?
A coda to this phenomenal Earth Week at THE ROOT: On Earth Day itself, Attorney General Eric Holder took time out from pointed questions about torture memos and prosecutions of Bush administration officials, and celebrated like an increasing number of black Americans: By getting down with nature. After digging and raking (a bit awkwardly) alongside…
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Friday's Headlines
HP: Still Very Real in the Field: 60 Dead Today in Iraq GDN: US Will Set Up Facebook Page, Tag Themselves in Prison Abuse Photos AJE: According to UN, Nearly 6,500 Killed in Sri Lankan Civil in Three Months WP: Ford Burns Less Cash, Only Posts $1.4B Loss (Take That, Recession!) AP: Myrtle Beach Wildfires…
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Nat King Cole and Hip-Hop Soul
Nat King Cole died, too soon, in February 1965, of lung cancer at the age of 45. He left behind a body of work that embraces the American songbook and exotic rhythms outside America, and it continues to endear him to millions. An archetype of sleek, musical cool, Cole’s influence remains, to borrow a word,…
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Flying Solo
These days, as the newspaper industry continues to tank, Hollywood, after years of a love (All the President’s Men) and hate (Absence of Malice) relationship with the press, is now serving up a new romantic hero: the print journalist. We saw Russell Crowe take on the mantle in State of Play, and now, in The…
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Putting It All on the Line
Football fans going through withdrawal pains get a much needed fix this weekend when the madcap mayhem known as the NFL draft arrives to dominate center stage of the sports world. What with hours upon hours already spent on draft previews and mock drafts, as well as round the clock coverage on ESPN, the draft…
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Not Even Recession Writers Are Safe From The Recession
There’s a tragic irony in a recession writer falling victim to the recession. Such is the unfortunate reality for Lou Carlozo, a 20-year veteran of the newspaper industry who found himself on the chopping block this week when the Chicago Tribune announced it would cut 53 editorial staff writers. That’s about 11 percent of its…
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Barack Obama Wants "Plain Vanilla" Credit Cards
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