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Live Tweet Tonight: GOP Debate
It’s that time again: Eight Republican presidential candidates take the stage tonight for the fourth GOP debate. MSNBC will broadcast the debate, co-hosted by Brian Williams of NBC News and Politico editor-in-chief John F. Harris, live from the Reagan Library at 8 p.m. ET. Join The Root’s Washington reporter, Cynthia Gordy, on Twitter @TheRoot247 (hashtag:…
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The Shakedown at the King Monument
The builders of the new Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial at the National Mall had to pay $761,160 for the right to use King’s words and images, according to financial documents obtained by the Associated Press. The money went to Intellectual Properties Management Inc. — a foundation controlled by King’s youngest son, Dexter. Another…
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Stocks Are Down! Obama's Unpopular! Who Cares?
ColorLines editor Kai Wright writes in his blog that the real crisis in America is about people scraping money together for survival day to day, not the political horserace portrayed by officials and the fourth estate. Labor Day weekend began with a familiar whimper: The economy created exactly zero jobs in August. There’s not much…
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DSK Heads Back to France
Dominique Strauss-Kahn has left the United States. The former IMF chief boarded an Air France flight Saturday night for Paris, where he faces an uncertain welcome. Once considered the front-runner for the Socialist Party’s presidential nomination, DSK’s political ambitions took a hit from the sexual-assault case involving a West African hotel maid. Although the Manhattan…
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Katt Williams Sorry for Anti-Mexican Rant
The Huffington Post reports that comedian Katt Williams has released an “apology” for remarks he made to an audience member of Mexican descent last weekend that have outraged many of his fans on YouTube and members of the Latino community, including prominent Mexican-American author Luis Rodriguez. In part of his response to his heckler, Williams…
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Black Companies Among Fastest Growing
The annual Inc. 5000 list of the fastest-growing companies for 2011 includes the Top 10 Black Entrepreneurs. It is a diverse group. Eight of the companies are engaged directly in some aspect of science or technology. They include an innovative dental firm, three management-consulting companies, a real estate settlement services firm, a telecom and technology…
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Yahoo Caption Turns Essay Into Racial Issue
An essay on the Forbes magazine website about the role of law enforcement and order during a natural disaster was imported to the Yahoo News site Monday. But the headline, “Crime in the Wake of Hurricane Irene,” was used as a caption under a photo of a black man navigating a flooded street, heading toward…
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Katt Williams' Anti-Mexican Rant
At a stand-up performance in Phoenix on Saturday, comedian Katt Williams got heckled by an audience member of Mexican descent and responded by straying from his routine to launch into a barrage of insults all focused on national origin and ethnicity. Many are calling the incident his “Michael Richards moment,” in a nod to the…
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MLK Knew the Nation Was Not Ready to Celebrate
Detroit Free Press columnist Rochelle Riley reflects on troubling events leading up to the cancellation of the dedication ceremony for the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial. I cannot imagine what King must have felt watching us the past few years. I cannot imagine his reaction to what has happened to the movement to…
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Remembering Dr. Frank Hale, 84
Dr. Frank Hale, a pioneer in making graduate education accessible to African Americans, was remembered in a seven-hour funeral service last week in Columbus, Ohio. Some 36 speakers — including the Rev. Jesse Jackson and Samuel DuBois Cook, president emeritus of Dillard University — lauded Hale, the charming visionary whose 60-year career left a bold,…