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Congress Spazzes Out on The Obama and Friends
The Congress is none too pleased with the state of the economy and there are those calling for Treasurer Tim-Tim’s resignation. From The Washington Post: “Episodes in both houses of Congress exposed the raw nerves of lawmakers flooded with stories of unemployment and economic hardship back home. They also underscored the stiff headwinds that the…
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File Under "Not Hilarious": Thinly-Veiled Death Threats
It’s never funny to joke about killing the president or wish for his death in a thinly-veiled way. Apparently, some people still aren’t getting the memo. From Gawker: “There’s a hilarious new meme in the wingnut sectors of the internet: someone’s coined a bumper sticker slogan encouraging people to pray for Barack Obama. But here’s…
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Brown Paper Bag: Blame Black Hollywood
I wanted to throw my sixty cents into the Root’s own Jada F. Smith’s “color in black Hollywood” conversation. As an active participant in the Hollywood game I’d like to bring attention to a few facts. Smith feels the Lee Daniel’s film Precious is a perfect template for the dysfunctional battle between good and evil,…
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Does Hollywood Still Have a Brown Paper Bag Test?
I’ve been accused a time or two of being a little too color-struck, reading too deeply into decisions that could have been made based on pure happenstance. Yes, I rooted for the Jiggaboos in Spike Lee’s School Daze, and sure, I happen to find Idris Elba a helluva lot more attractive than Chris Brown, but…
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Fort Hood: Who Messed Up?
Questions swirl in the days following the deadly shooting at Ft. Hood and people are getting their pointing fingers ready. The main question: Who failed where and how did it happen? From the Washington Post: [F]inger-pointing in Washington intensified Tuesday about whether officials at several agencies had failed to coordinate as they tracked the suspect’s…
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Takin' It to the Street (Sesame Street, That Is)
To kick off the 40th anniversary of the most famous street on television, first lady Michelle Obama made a guest appearance to teach kids about healthy eating. But before Mrs. O kicked it on Sesame Street, other black celebrities stopped by, teaching kids everything from the alphabet song to subtraction, making the Sesame Street soundtrack…
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Actin' Up
is an intern at The Root and senior journalism major at Howard University. The cold, cold Inauguration Day may have been filled with confusion regarding which locations were available for public viewing and which changes were made to the D.C. Metro schedule, but nothing was more confusing than Obama’s actual swearing-in ceremony. Somewhere in the…
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Mappin' All Over The World
After rescheduling due to inclement weather, Jay-Z and Alicia Keys performed their ode to the Big Apple last night before Game 2 of the World Series. We came across this Google map plotting some of the most beloved NYC landmarks Jay mentions in the song, from Tribeca Grill to Yankee Stadium. Though “Empire State of…
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Why Does Chris Brown Want to ‘Transform’ Twitter Into a Therapy Session?
Yes, Chris, we know. We know you’re sorry. We know you regret the events surrounding “that” night. We know Rihanna was the love of your life. We know you like to wear distractingly large bowties. And now, thanks to your Twitter page, we really know how much you miss her. Twitter is indeed the premier…
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I Heart Hillman: A Visual History of HBCUs On-Screen
is an intern at The Root and senior journalism major at Howard University. A Different World was a world that many in the African-American community had been born and bred to be apart of—the microcosm that is the black college. Before Bill Cosby’s brain child became a hit, mainstream America hadn’t seen the black community’s diversity…