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Should I Only Date Men at My Income Level?
(The Root) — “Is it wrong to seek out guys who are at my level, career- and salarywise, and have the same goals? I have tried dating guys who weren’t, but their insecurities popped up, and it became frustrating telling them that those things don’t matter. I’m wondering if I should save myself the hassle!”…
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Bill Maher Responds to White Guys. Why Not to Wayne Brady?
Morris W. O’Kelly writes at the Huffington Post that the talk-show host only picks fights that he thinks he can win. But with Wayne Brady, he lost badly. It’s about time Bill Maher responded to Wayne Brady. Not because he owes Brady any sort of explanation or apology for his previous jokes about Brady supposedly…
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Ask Jenée Desmond-Harris Anything
(The Root) — Hi, I’m Jenée Desmond-Harris, The Root’s staff writer and Race Manners advice columnist. I’ve been writing about the intersection of race with politics, culture and identity (and sometimes just stuff black people do) for The Root for a couple of years. So I split my time pretty evenly between being outraged and laughing…
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Exec on Bad AIDS Drugs: 'Who Cares? It's Just Blacks Dying'
On May 13, India-based generic-drug manufacturer Ranbaxy Laboratories pleaded guilty to seven federal criminal counts of selling adulterated drugs with intent to defraud, failing to report that its drugs didn’t meet specifications and making intentionally false statements to the U.S. government. In other words, it sold generic medications for everything from ear infections to AIDS that…
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Did Jay Harris Actually Choose Rap Over Football?
By now you’ve probably heard about Jay Harris, a top Philadelphia high school wide receiver who raised a lot of eyebrows, inspired some people by following his dreams and made others want to kick him when he told the Philadelphia Inquirer that he turned down an athletic scholarship to Michigan State University to pursue a…
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Obama Calls Staffer Shot While Caught in Crossfire
Gregory Jackson Jr., the Southern-region director for Organizing for Action — the post-election version of Obama for America — was caught in the crossfire of a violent argument outside Washington, D.C.’s Walter E. Washington Convention Center and shot in the calf on the early morning of April 21. Ironically, the Huffington Post points out, one…
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Details of Malcolm Shabazz's Death Revealed
Jozen Cummings is the author and creator of the popular relationship blog Until I Get Married, which is currently in development for a television series with Warner Bros. He also hosts a weekly podcast with WNYC about Empire called Empire Afterparty, is a contributor at VerySmartBrothas.com and works at Twitter as an editorial curator. Follow him on…
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AP, IRS, Benghazi: How Can Americans Trust Obama?
Conservative blogger Crystal Wright, writing at the Guardian, checks in on the various controversies swarming the Obama administration and determines that Republicans — and Americans in general, for that matter — only want answers. How can Republicans in Congress work with President Obama when they can’t trust him to be an honest broker or treat…
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Report: Evening Cable News Lacks Diversity
In a piece at ColorLines, Jorge Rivas delves into a newly released report that shows a stunning lack of diversity on evening cable news shows. He quotes a Latino leader who says this phenomenon gives the impression that minorities are not making positive contributions to the country. A new analysis released yesterday by the media…
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'White Girls Club' Is Neither Cool Nor Clever
(The Root) — We called ourselves “The Nubian Sisters,” Nubes for short. There were maybe seven of us, basically the entire eighth-grade population of black female students at my small private school. The “club” wasn’t much more than us hanging out by a particular bench during lunch, dressing for gym at the same time and…