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Social Networks and Saddam Hussein: A Private Matter?
I have been thoroughly enjoying Chris Wilson’s five-part Slate series on how social networking, not hierarchical flow charts, helped the United States military capture Saddam Hussein in 2003: Russell’s files reveal why it was essential to think of the insurgency as a social network, not an organization. Power was decentralized. And since the primary motive…
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Davis Wins Speedskating Gold
Shani Davis won the 1,000 meter mens speedskating event last night. If you’re unawares, this is something of a thing because Davis is Black and the Winter Olympics isn’t the most…colorful sporting event on the block. And in knowing this, Paul Newberry of The AP had this to say The color of the medal mattered,…
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Revamp the NBA All-Star Game
The NBA All-Star Game this Sunday night at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas, will almost certainly attract a record number of attendees, but that turnout can’t obscure the fact that the game is in dire need of revision. Despite the tens of thousands who will turn out in Texas for the game, the TV ratings…
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Olympics: Georgian Luger Dies on Track
Sad news out of the Olympics. Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili has died following an accident on the track Friday. CBC is reporting that Georgian luge competitor Nodar Kumaritashvili has died after launching from the track and hitting his head on a metal pole during a training run Friday at Whistler Olympic Park. The track is…
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Vancouver 2010: Soul on Ice
is an intern at The Root and senior journalism major at Howard University. USA Height: 6-foot-2 Weight: 185 lbs Event: Speed skating 500 meters, 1000m, 1500m 5000m, 10,000m The native Chicagoan may be the world’s fastest man on two skates. In 2006, he won the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics gold medal in the men’s…
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50 Years of Black History: A Time Line
is an intern at The Root and senior journalism major at Howard University. Feb. 1, 1960, four students at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical College in Greensboro, N.C., begin a sit-in at Woolworth’s Drug Store. Oct. 1: James Meredith becomes the first black student to enroll at the University of Mississippi, escorted by U.S. marshals…
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Haiti's Hometown Heroes
is an intern at The Root and senior journalism major at Howard University. Co-founder of The Fugees and ubiquitous producer Wyclef Jean has been a long-time champion for charities and relief organizations in his native, Haiti. He has an organization called Yele Haiti that enabled supporters to donate $5 through a text message. Haitian native Edwidge Danticat is a celebrated writer…
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Forget Leno and Conan. Bring Back Arsenio!
In the midst of all this talk about NBC’s late-night television show shuffle, and where Conan O’Brien is going to go next, there is a healthy amount of speculation about what NBC’s 10:00 p.m. slot— the last hour of prime-time television—is going to look like now that Jay Leno is skulking at his old Tonight…
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Headlines for 2010: Part I
Even after crumpling up and trashing the foil and paper that once covered the “aughts,” the instinct to look back is hard to fight. There was war and peace, great music, movies and art, sweeping political victories and bad news for black America. Yet we have to let it go; the newest decade—the “tweens,” let’s…
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Top 10 Sports Triumphs of the ‘00s
Saaret Yoseph is a writer and Assistant Editor at TheRoot.com. She manages and blogs for \”Their Eyes Were Watching …\” Before Super Bowl XXXIV, black quarterbacks were renowned for their athleticism, not their poise, but with one play, Steve McNair changed the stereotype. With less than 30 seconds to go, facing third down from midfield,…