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Vice President Joe Biden, President Barack Obama and former President George W. Bush put their hands on their hearts during Obama’s swearing-in ceremony in front of the Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 20, 2009. The youngest Obamas, Malia and Sasha, take it all in at their father’s swearing-in ceremony. Former President Bill Clinton and…

“From language to content to the way time is manipulated to the sheer breadth and genius of it, it’s kind of impossible not to return to it. It changed dialogue about how black people were writing, black women specifically. One of things that amazes me [about Beloved] is that it’s a highly literary novel but…

“From language to content to the way time is manipulated to the sheer breadth and genius of it, it’s kind of impossible not to return to it. It changed dialogue about how black people were writing, black women specifically. One of things that amazes me [about Beloved] is that it’s a highly literary novel but…

Keli Goff is The Root’s special correspondent. Follow her on Twitter.  Thanks to the presidential election, 2012 certainly had a great deal of memorable political news. From surprising candidates to shocking gaffes, we look back at the people and moments that earned a spot on our top political stories of the year list.  The first major…

Thanks to the presidential election, 2012 certainly had a great deal of memorable political news. From surprising candidates to shocking gaffes, we look back at the people and moments that earned a spot on our top political stories of the year list.  The first major political battle after the election had nothing to do with…

Just as starlets who accidentally overdose are admitted to the hospital under the wink-wink term of “exhaustion,” some rap and R&B stars, including Kanye West, Chief Keef and Chris Brown, have recently claimed that their Twitter accounts were hacked when they were caught saying something dumb or controversial. Since Charlamagne Tha God, radio co-host of…

Just as starlets who accidentally overdose are admitted to the hospital under the wink-wink term of “exhaustion,” some rap and R&B stars, including Kanye West, Chief Keef and Chris Brown, have recently claimed that their Twitter accounts were hacked when they were caught saying something dumb or controversial. Since Charlamagne Tha God, radio co-host of…

January 1, 2013, marks the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, and in light of the historical milestone, two educators — Deborah Willis, New York University photographic historian, and Barbara Krauthamer, historian of slavery at University of Massachusetts-Amherst — created Envisioning Emancipation: Black Americans and the End of Slavery, a book of photographs that shows…