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Police Search for 3 Men Believed to Be Involved in Death of 15-Month-Old NJ Girl
A 15-month-old girl was killed by a stray bullet while playing inside her New Jersey home on Saturday, a mere two days after moving in, CBS 2 reports. According to the report, authorities are searching for three men who were last seen wearing black hoodies and firing guns multiple times in the Irvington neighborhood. One…
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How Does It Work Being a Stay-at-Home Dad?
In a growing number of families, Mom is the breadwinner and Dad stays at home to take care of the kids. But how does that setup work for the family finances, for the marital relationship and for the mom who might be feeling left out of her children’s lives? In episode 6 of The Root…
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Dallas Cowboys Player Arrested for Shoplifting Underwear and Cologne
Looks like making half a million dollars a year isn’t enough for some people. According to ESPN, Dallas Cowboys backup running back Joseph Randle was arrested Monday night after reportedly attempting to steal cologne and underwear from Dillard’s department store. Randle was charged with a Class B theft, which is in the $50-$500 range, and…
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Convicted Killer Charged in Mother’s Murder 2 Days After Release
A New Jersey man is back behind bars after allegedly killing his own mother—two days after completing a 30-year prison sentence for another murder, NJ.com reports. According to the report, Steven Pratt, 45, was taken into custody on Sunday, not even 48 hours after he was released from Bayside State Prison for the 1984 murder…
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Home Depot Executive VP Marvin Ellison to Lead J.C. Penney
Marvin Ellison, the current executive vice president at Home Depot Inc., and a retail veteran with about three decades in the industry, will face some big challenges when he takes on the role of J.C. Penney CEO, the Associated Press reports. As the news wire notes, the department store chain has been trying to recover…
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Not a Black, but a White American Studies Course
Rather than the traditional African and African-American studies programs offered in universities across the nation, there is now an analogous white American studies program that examines the cultural experiences of white Americans, the European immigrant groups they’re descended from, and how race and their ethnicities influence their lives. The Whiteness Project now seems to be the…
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Cornel West Arrested While Protesting in Ferguson
People protesting police misconduct in Ferguson, Mo., continued to capture headlines Monday, especially with one of the nation’s most famous public intellectuals, Cornel West, among those arrested in front of a local police station. According to a New York Times report, West told the police officers who were keeping demonstrators from entering the police station…
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World-Renowned Kenyan-Born Scholar Ali Mazrui Dies at 81
Professor, political writer and one of Kenya’s brightest sons, Ali Mazrui died Monday at the age of 81. “Death has robbed us of one of Kenya’s greatest scholars,” Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta told BBC News regarding the Kenyan-born scholar. Kenyatta called Mazrui a “towering” academic whose “intellectual contributions played a major role in shaping African scholarship,”…
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50 Years Ago Today, MLK Was Honored for His Dedication to Peace
Tuesday marks the 50th anniversary of the day Martin Luther King Jr. was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his commitment to peace and achieving racial justice through nonviolent action. Recipients of the award, considered “the world’s most prestigious prize,” receive a medal, personal diploma and prize money. After being notified of his selection on Oct.…
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Out of My Racial Comfort Zone: Why a Predominantly White College Was Best for Me
Editor’s note: In honor of the movie Dear White People, a satirical drama about race and culture at a fictional Ivy League college, we decided to ask two black students to explain why they love or hate their experiences at a predominantly white institution of higher learning. Read part 2 here. Dear White People opens Friday.…