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For Politics365, Dr. Wilmer J. Leon argues that John Roberts is reigniting conservative activism. He describes the chief justice as the “new tip of an old iceberg.” The Warren Court is considered by many to have been the most “liberal” in the history of the Supreme Court. Warren gave us the Brown decision in 1954, the exclusionary…

We should stop dissing rappers’ girlfriends for having a past, writes Evette Dionne at Clutch magazine. She says that we need to look beyond the checkered histories of women like Kim Kardashian and Amber Rose — because they’ve found love. The shaming of Amber Rose for dating and falling in love and marrying when her…

(The Root) — On July 5, Ivory Kaleb Toldson was born. He is my first son and second child. During his birth I relived the joy, wonderment and jitters that I experienced in 2007 when my daughter, Makena, was born. Like millions of parents, I want the best education for my children. As a black…

(The Root) — “My fiancé has become adamant about me taking his last name after we’re married. I’ve always told him that I was keeping my name for professional reasons, which he’s always been fine with, but now he has a problem with it. He says that my unwillingness to change my name implies a…

(The Root) — Last April, NBA veteran Jason Collins publicly announced that he was gay in what many supporters — myself and President Barack Obama included — heralded as a courageous leap in the right direction. Coming from the first openly gay male athlete on a major professional team, Collins’ deeply personal essay in Sports…

The next time someone suggests that online dating is only for the loneliest and most desperate people who can’t get a date in real life, tell them about Nana Meriwether. The 2012 Miss USA beauty queen, who resides in New York City and is of South African descent, was recently discovered on the popular dating…

We all know rappers tell tall tales about a lot of things, from the alleged life of crime they lived before they made it big or what they would do if they saw the cops. (No one’s going to shoot a cop for real. Come on.) And no subject is more popular to lie about…

Shaila Dewan at the New York Times explores why America classifies people by race and determines that some classifications remain useful. She says, however, that “Caucasian” has outlived its usefulness in today’s society, much like “Negroid,” and should be retired.  As a racial classification, the term Caucasian has many flaws, dating as it does from a time…

(The Root) — Starting this weekend, the streets of Washington, D.C., will be flooded by a sea of red. With letters on their sleeves and immeasurable pride in their hearts, the women of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. will flock to the city that birthed their organization 100 years ago. While every Delta woman is…