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Haiti's Hometown Heroes
is an intern at The Root and senior journalism major at Howard University. Co-founder of The Fugees and ubiquitous producer Wyclef Jean has been a long-time champion for charities and relief organizations in his native, Haiti. He has an organization called Yele Haiti that enabled supporters to donate $5 through a text message. Haitian native Edwidge Danticat is a celebrated writer…
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Haiti's Devastating Disaster
An injured woman is helped down the street after being rescued. Planeloads of rescuers and relief supplies headed to Haiti Wednesday as governments and aid agencies launched a massive relief operation after a powerful earthquake that may have killed thousands. Haitians search a destroyed building People search for survivors amongst the ruins of the childrens hospital.…
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Globalfest 2010
Global music has been on the come up since jazz legend Dizzy Gillespie joined forces with Cuban musicians; South African import Miriam Makeba sang plaintively about apartheid and Nigerian political rebel Fela Kuti reconstituted funk and brass. Still, particularly in North America, international musicians (save for Robert Nesta Marley) have found the barriers of language,…
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14 Science and Technology Leaders You Need to Know
Saaret Yoseph is a writer and Assistant Editor at TheRoot.com. She manages and blogs for \”Their Eyes Were Watching …\” Mr. Microsoft goes to Washington, D.C. Fred Humphries, a graduate of Morehouse College, assumed the post of the Microsoft Corporation’s top lobbyist, and the title of managing director of U.S. government affairs. Humphries previously led…
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Top 10 Sports Triumphs of the ‘00s
Saaret Yoseph is a writer and Assistant Editor at TheRoot.com. She manages and blogs for \”Their Eyes Were Watching …\” Before Super Bowl XXXIV, black quarterbacks were renowned for their athleticism, not their poise, but with one play, Steve McNair changed the stereotype. With less than 30 seconds to go, facing third down from midfield,…
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Top 10 Hip-Hop/R&B Songs of the '00s
Saaret Yoseph is a writer and Assistant Editor at TheRoot.com. She manages and blogs for \”Their Eyes Were Watching …\” “Umbrella”? Ella ella eh. This three-minute blast of pop brilliance is the best ubiquitous single of the aughts, with Cee-Lo rocking that shower-singer warble over Danger Mouse’s warped, wicked studio alchemy. Fitting that it’s an…
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Beef 2.0: The Year in Media 2009
Saaret Yoseph is a writer and Assistant Editor at TheRoot.com. She manages and blogs for \”Their Eyes Were Watching …\” Did you hear the one about the midsize East Coast city? You know, the one that is overwhelmingly black? Infant mortality rate equivalent to some developing nations? Listen, apparently they elected some fancy-schmancy Ivy League…
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A Decade To Remember
March 10, 2000. When the tech bubble bursts and a trillion dollars of market value vanishes, regulators sit on their hands. The financial industry has always exercised major influence over Congress and the White House, but its grip has tightened to an unprecedented extent in this decade. No surprise that regulators fail to limit wild…
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Nine Things We Didn’t See in ’09
Saaret Yoseph is a writer and Assistant Editor at TheRoot.com. She manages and blogs for \”Their Eyes Were Watching …\” Most of us went into 2009 with all of the optimism in the world. The first black president ever was sworn into office. The biggest pop star in the world would be returning to the stage.…
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Sexscapades: The Most Scandalous Politicians of the Decade
is an intern at The Root and senior journalism major at Howard University. This former Republican senator from Idaho has been dodging gay accusations since before I was born. He described homosexual conduct as “despicable.” But as fate would have it, in 2007 Craig was arrested for “lewd conduct” in a Minneapolis airport bathroom. He…