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Hate Crime Victim's Partner Banned From Lawsuit
ColorLines is reporting that hate crime victim James Craig Anderson’s partner of 17 years will not be allowed to participate in the civil lawsuit that Anderson’s family has brought against the seven white teens who participated in his murder. The state of Mississippi will not allow James Bradfield, Anderson’s male partner of 17 years, to…
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No Blacks Pictured in 9/11 Commemorative
Time magazine this week published “Beyond 9/11: Portraits of Resilience,” a photo-rich commemorative edition dedicated to the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. No identifiable African Americans are pictured in its 64 pages. Asked about the omission, Time spokesman Kerri Chyka said by email: “TIME is declining to comment at this time.”…
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Military Bans Soulja Boy
Military to ban Soulja Boy album: A couple of days ago, news hit the Web that real soldiers were angry with Soulja Boy over his “Let’s Be Real” track, which was released online and included the lyrics, “F—- the troops.” New York’s Daily News is now reporting that the U.S. military has announced an official…
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Jackie O: MLK Was 'Phony' and 'Tricky'
In a surprising interview from 1964 that appears in a new book about White House life, former first lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis described Martin Luther King Jr. as “phony” and “tricky,” Politico reports. The commentary can be found in Jacqueline Kennedy: Historic Conversations on Life with John F. Kennedy, a book that will be published…
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Dallas Morning News Lays Off 38
The Dallas Morning News laid off a reported 38 newsroom employees on Tuesday, including two black journalists, in still another cutback attributed to declining advertising revenues. Newsroom sources identified the two as Arnessa M. Garrett, a suburban editor, and Jason Roberson, a reporter who covered the business of health care. In a blog on the…
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Soulja Boy Apologizes to Armed Forces
Twenty-one-year-old rapper Soulja Boy recently released a video of a song with lyrics about the military so offensive that they’ve inspired Army personnel and veterans to petition to have his music banned from bases around the country: “F—k the FBI/And f—k all the Army troops/Bitch, be your own man/I’ll be flying through the clouds/With green…
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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…