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The Ultimate Insider: Sen. Robert C. Byrd Dies
Senator Robert C. Byrd (D-W.Va.), the nation’s longest-serving member of Congress, has died. Byrd was admitted to the hospital last week for dehydration and never recovered. He spent 50 years in the Senate, outliving nine U.S. presidents as his Democratic Party slipped in and out of the majority over the past five decades. Known as…
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General to Apologize for Anti-Administration Comments
by Ernesto Londoño and Michael D. Shear KABUL — The top U.S. general in Afghanistan is headed to Washington to apologize for a magazine profile that includes highly critical remarks by him and his staff about top Obama administration officials involved in Afghanistan policy. The article in this week’s Rolling Stone magazine is certain to…
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Is BP's Escrow Account the Right Move Now?
On Wednesday the White House released a statement explaining that BP had agreed to set aside $20 billion for an escrow account through which legitimate claims of damages resulting from the Gulf oil spill would be paid. Kenneth Feinberg, who formerly headed the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund, will be the independent claims administrator, and…
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Celebrating Black Fathers and Sons in Film
Based on the true story of Chris Gardner and starring real-life father-son duo Will and Jaden Smith, The Pursuit of Happyness follows Gardner (Will Smith) and Christopher Jr. (Jaden Smith) as they sleep in a church’s homeless shelter and even in a San Francisco train station bathroom while Chris struggles through an unpaid internship at…
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GALLERY: Overseas Sensations
is an intern at The Root and senior journalism major at Howard University. The model, actress, dancer and singer Cassie Ventura may be known better for her rumored relationship with P. Diddy than for her debut album Cassie. The album had one popular single, but poor album sales and harsh critiques of her live performances…
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A Father's Fantasy: What Would Dad Really, Really Like?
is an intern at The Root and senior journalism major at Howard University. Does Dad need a new home? The largest one-family home in America is being built in Florida. Of course, you need $75 million to pay for it. The owner, who made his money in time shares, doesn’t want the 13-bedroom, 23-bath, 90,000-square-foot…
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Atlanta and the Powers That Be
When I moved from Los Angeles to Atlanta in 1994, a good friend and colleague told me that I would love the city. ”You’re going to love it here,” he said. ”Just remember one thing. When you leave [the city limits of] Atlanta, you’re in Georgia.” He was right on both counts. I did love…
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Summer Reading: Best of the Beltway
As the days get longer and voters turn up the heat on our national leaders, Washington becomes the setting for most of the nonfiction work listed here, at least it’s where many of the authors make their livings. The election of Barack Obama was a shot in the arm to the book industry, and it…
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How Real Estate Became the New Volunteer Slavery
”Real estate is the working man’s only path to financial security.” —My friend Sam No bank in their right mind would give us the loan. But it was 2005, top of the Florida housing bubble, and banks were freely handing out dice to commoners. The historic West Palm Beach home had a plaster relief sculpture…
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Remembering Black Soldiers in Films
is an intern at The Root and senior journalism major at Howard University. From film mastermind George Lucas, 2012’s Red Tails pays homage to the Tuskegee Airmen. Lucas, who started conceptualizing Red Tails more than 20 years earlier, sought to offer filmgoers a lesson in history without sparing the in-your-face special effectst hat come with Lucasfilm movies.…