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21 TV Shows We Love to Hate
Lauren is a former Deputy Editor of The Root. Most of our favorite TV shows are well worth the time investment — the acting’s good, the story’s worthwhile and the genre’s respected. But we must admit that there are some shows we record religiously on our DVRs, not because we think they’re amazing, but because…
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Public Grief of Whitney Houston's Family: Made for TV
Danielle C. Belton writes in a piece for Clutch Magazine that the antics of the singer’s family in the wake of her death are starting to look like exploitation. Before Bobbi Kristina Brown took the stage Sunday night to honor her mother, music icon Whitney Houston, during the Billboard Music Awards, stories surfaced online about…
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The Browning of America
News to Use: The Browning of America Census Milestone Eluded Most Front Pages New U.S. Census figures showing that white births are no longer a majority in the United States have implications for the news media as well as for the rest of society. The same figures pegged the “minority” population at 37 percent, a far…
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Behind the Lower Unemployment Rates
Some of the ways that we measure the economy just don’t square with our daily reality. Take the unemployment rate, announced to great fanfare each month. A lot of people think it measures the percentage of Americans who don’t have jobs. But that would be too simple. The Bureau of Labor Statistics explains the measurement…
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Real Mothers, Rare Style: Reader Photos
Submitted by Laurel Sayler: A photo of Laurel Sayler’s mother, Mary Sayler, taken around 1957. “Her style has always been classic, timeless and not too flashy,” Sayler said. Submitted by Ellisha Teapot: A photo of Teapot’s mom, Lenora Davis McKinney Clark, taken around 1952. Submitted by Robert Harcum: Harcum’s mother, Edith L. Harcum, in a high school photo…
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Obama vs. 'Automatic White Preference'
Study Finds Race Still at Issue in 2012 Campaign “After the 2008 election of President Barack Obama, many proclaimed that the country had entered a post-racial era in which race was no longer an issue,” Molly McElroy wrote this week for the University of Washington. “However, a new large-scale study shows that racial attitudes have…
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Obama Gives Historic Scoop to Robin Roberts
President Backs Same-Sex Marriage in White House Talk Robin Roberts did not really need anchor Diane Sawyer’s confirmation on ABC’s “World News With Diane Sawyer” later Wednesday, when she told viewers that Roberts’ interview with President Obama was historic. The co-host of ABC’s “Good Morning America” knew the magnitude of her scoop. The buzz had…
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Hate Crime Numbers Rise in US
As 2012 trudges on, so do the numbers of hate crimes and possible hate crimes committed in the United States, argues Children’s Defense Fund President Marian Wright Edelman in the Huffington Post. Quoting strong statistics from the Southern Poverty Law Center, Edelman urges those who witness racism and violence against people because of the color…
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Beyoncé's NYABJ Award Draws Fire
N.Y. Black Journalists to Honor Pop Star’s Essay in Essence The New York Association of Black Journalists “is going to be looking at the criteria for next year” after its announcement that pop star Beyoncé Knowles had won one of its journalism awards was greeted with surprise, criticism — and headlines, president Michael J. Feeney…
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7 FAMU Hazing Suspects Surrender
Seven of the 13 Florida A&M University band members charged yesterday for the hazing death of drum major Robert Champion turned themselves in to authorities Thursday. The suspects include Bryan Jones, 23, of Parrish, Fla., who was arrested on felony hazing charges in Hillsborough County and released after posting $15,000 bond, according to a WKMG…