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VIDEO: Waka Flocka Flame Strips Down for 'Ink, Not Mink' PETA Ad
Waka Flocka Flame, the artist responsible for the hit song “No Hands,” is appearing with no clothes as the star of a series of ads for People for the Ethnical Treatment of Animals. In one, under his naked (except for a very carefully placed giant necklace) tattoo-covered body, the poster reads, “Be comfortable in your…
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Why Black Folks Love Charlie Sheen
There’s a new celebrity crackhead on the scene, and some folks can barely contain their glee. It’s as if all of black Twitter and Facebook strained its collective neck to watch this 50-car pileup that is Charlie Sheen explode all over the mass media. “What if @charliesheen has done so much drugs, he’s come out…
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The Root Interview: Anthony Mackie Talks 'Adjustment Bureau'
Think of them as the “Men in Black” led by The Matrix’s Mr. Smith, with effortless style and extraterrestrial superpowers. The Adjustment Bureau (in theaters March 4) is the Untouchable crew of men in old-school hats that watches over the entire world. Free will, what? “We are the people who make sure things happen according…
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You Said It: The Root's Comment Roundup
Lauren is a former Deputy Editor of The Root. Ndoro on Pat Buchanan Offers Solution to Black Unemployment: “It’s a simple answer: black entrepreneurship. The more businesses we own, the more of our own people we’ll employ. The main reason for the disparity between black and white incomes is the percentage of white people that…
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The Nation's Top 10 Black-Owned Companies
In 2010, revenue rose 45 percent to $3.2 billion as demand from the public and private sectors soared for this Maryland Heights, Mo., firm’s technology products and consulting services. David L. Steward, chairman of the board, founded World Wide Technology in 1990. Prior to working at WWT, Steward, who earned a bachelor’s degree in business…
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Michael Rapaport on Controversial Hip-Hop Doc
This article was originally published in February after the film was shown at the Sundance Film Festival. It’s premiering in theaters across the country July 2011. Beats, Rhymes and Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest is actor-director Michael Rapaport’s directorial debut, and it premiered at the Sundance Film Festival Jan. 22 amid some…
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Fast Change of Leadership at HuffPo's GlobalBlack
Angela Burt-Murray Out at HuffPost’s Black Project Former Essence magazine editor Angela Burt-Murray, who was point person for the Huffington Post’s new project targeting African Americans, has left the project, Derek J. Murphy, chief operating officer of the venture, told Journal-isms on Thursday. “I’m currently managing staff recruiting and site development with our partnership team.…
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Will Media Create Their Own 'WikiLeaks'?
Al-Jazeera’s “Palestine Papers” Embarrass All Sides “Earlier this month, Al Jazeera launched a new feature on its Web site called the Transparency Unit — the network’s in-house version of WikiLeaks,” Raffi Khatchadourian blogged Monday for the New Yorker magazine. “When the unit first went online, there was not much coverage about it in English, but…
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Sam Yette Dies, Wrote of 'Black Survival'
Samuel F. Yette, a reporter, teacher, author and photojournalist whose publication of the 1971 book “The Choice: The Issue of Black Survival in America” coincided with his dismissal as the first black Washington correspondent for Newsweek magazine, died Friday at an assisted living facility in Laurel, Md. He was 81 and had Alzheimer’s disease, a…
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How Haitians Keep It Moving Despite All Odds
Haitians in Haiti and expatriates around the world recently marked the first anniversary of the earthquake that wrecked millions of lives and destroyed their country’s capital. From Port-au-Prince to Paris, from Montreal to Miami, Haitians mostly observed the day with prayer. They went to church and attended memorial Masses and other religious services to remember…