Steve Harvey’s Gorgeous $15 Million Once Owned by Tyler Perry
Why Diddy, Young Thug Attorney Brian Steel Is The White Johnnie Cochran
‘Sinners’ Releases in Black American Sign Language. Here’s What That Means
Why NYC Mayoral Candidate Zohran Mamdani Tried To Play The Black Card…Literally
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Was My Job Shipped to Mexico Because I'm Black?
Those of us who have been black for a while will find this news as shocking as a new report proving that the sky is still blue, but a recent study has suggested that workplace discrimination may actually increase in times of economic downturn. Those in hiring positions are less inclined to select minority applications for jobs.…
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FBI Probes Anti-Black Vigilante Killings
Score one for investigative journalism. Back in December, THE ROOT spoke with reporter A.C. Thomspon about his exhaustive piece, published in THE NATION and ProPublica, on the vigilante murders of black New Orleans residents in the wake of Katrina. Thompson’s reporting found, among other things, disturbing signs that local police at least sanctioned, if not…
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Tuesday's Headlines
BBC: Iran, US Have ‘Cordial’ Chit-Chat; Exchange Baby Pics, Nuclear Schematics UPI: British Hand Over Basra Command to US, Don’t Let Door Hit Behind on Way Out AP: Netanyahu Wants ‘Full Peace’; Says ‘We Can Do This the Easy Way or the Easier Way’ LAT: 200 Migrants Feared Drowned in Mediterranean Reuters: Record Drop in…
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Is the Auto Show Over in Detroit?
By now, a Monday morning downer on the front page shouldn’t faze me. But when the White House announced that GM and Chrysler had still not come up with meaningful enough restructuring plans to get tax money, I took it personally. That’s because I’m both black and from the Midwest and, thus, I know a…
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What's the Difference Between an HBCU and a "Huckabee CU?"
Denist Stewart’s piece in THE ROOT today describes the truly difficult and ungainly process of raising coin that is going on at historically black colleges and universities nationwide. Though schools in general, and HBCUs in particular—which tend to have a higher percentage of students on financial aid and suddenly hard-to-obtain loans—are being ravaged by the…
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Mr. Cali, Cali, Cali, Man…
Interesting piece on THE BEAST this morning regarding President Obama’s curt dismissal of marijuana legalization: [T]he usually long-winded president—who famously admitted to his own youthful inhalations—answered with little more than a dismissive “No”…[saying] he doesn’t think legalization is a good strategy to grow our economy. Why not, Mr. President? Is our current strategy appreciably better?…
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A UNC-UConn Final Makes the Most Sense
For years—decades really—I’ve drifted away from college basketball. As I lamented a year ago, it wasn’t the same game I watched as a kid and as a young adult. It was exciting, no doubt, but the quality of play had declined. I still watched, but the thrill was gone for me. This season, I came…
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Are Senior Citizens Safe?
This weekend’s shooting spree at the senior-care facility in Carthage, N.C. has me concerned: Senior facilities are frighteningly unsafe. You can walk into the AIG headquarters and front-desk security will swab your cheek and test your DNA to protect those thieves. But a home for older Americans and the people in it are on their own.…
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Sean Levert and The Child Support Solution
One year ago today, singer Sean Levert died in jail while being held for felony non-payment of child support, and while the jail has changed its policies about dispensing meds to prisoners, there has been no talk of taking a closer look at the laws that put deadbeat parents in jail. Jailing doesn’t work: It’s…
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The Ring's The Thing
I am engaged and thrilled—love my fiancé, love his family. Love that my family is happy our families will be joined, and That his family feels the same way. In fact, they were so happy, they gave him his grandmother’s ring to pass on to me. Not so thrilling. For one thing, it’s set in…