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8 Hot Causes for Black Philanthropists
According to a report by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation and Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, black donors give away a higher percentage of their income than their white counterparts do. In addition, nearly two-thirds of black households make charitable donations — a figure that adds up to about $11 billion per year. Beyond this individual giving, there…
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Space Expert: Obama Didn't End NASA
(The Root) — There are only a handful of experts who can discuss stars and galaxies in a way that lay people can easily understand. Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson is one of them. As the director of the Hayden Planetarium in New York’s American Museum of Natural History, Tyson recently received the honor of becoming…
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Original Tuskegee Airman Herbert Carter Dies
On Thursday, a piece of history died when original Tuskegee Airman Herbert Eugene Carter passed away at the age of 95. The retired Army officer died at East Alabama Medical Center, according to the Associated Press. The Tuskegee Airmen were the first African-American pilots trained for combat, in a segregated unit called the 99th Fighter Squadron…
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Romney Campaign Concedes Florida
Until all the votes are counted and the winner is called in the race between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, we’re keeping you up-to-date on presidential-election-related developments, from polls to commentary to events that could affect the outcome and decide who runs the country for the next four years. Thursday, Nov. 8, 5:08 p.m. EST:…
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1st Black Air Force Academy Grad Dies
Charles Vernon Bush, the first African American to graduate from the U.S. Air Force Academy, died at his home in Lolo, Mont., on Nov. 5 after a battle with colon cancer. The squadron commander, recipient of multiple medals and a former member of the academy’s debate team and rugby teams, was 72 years old. From…
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Obama's Win: An Inflection Point
(The Root) — For a year I have been telling people that the 2012 presidential contest is far more important than the 2008 election. Yes, in 2008 America elected its first African-American president in Barack Obama. This was a profoundly historic achievement no matter how you figure it. But that outcome, to borrow some apt…
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Obama vs. Romney: 7 Key Issues for Blacks
Keli Goff is The Root’s special correspondent. Follow her on Twitter. While issues such as abortion and the general state of economy have dominated headlines and campaign ads much of this presidential election cycle, the candidates’ specific policies — especially as they relate to communities of color — have often gone overlooked. The Root took a…
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20 Essential Black Kung Fu Connections
Friday’s arrival of the long-awaited RZA martial arts flick The Man With the Iron Fists is in some ways the culmination of a 40-plus-year love affair between black America and kung fu mythology. (As RZA told The Root recently, the fact that he has co-written, directed and starred in his own karate film is the…
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Why Black Indie Media Needs Its Props
(The Root) — People have often shared with me how they came to know who I am. “I was searching on iTunes for “Black podcasts” and i came across yours!” or… “I was talking with a friend about reading more people of color and they pointed me to your site!” The way some folks talk…
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Storm Raises Issue of Climate Change
Storm Raises Suppressed Issue of Climate Change “It was not a good year for people, weather and climate. The winter was strangely warm in many places and the summer ridiculously hot,” Adam Frank wrote Sunday for NPR. “As a large fraction of the country suffered through extreme or even extraordinary drought many folks naturally wondered,…