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The Frugalista's Gift Guide
is an intern at The Root and senior journalism major at Howard University. You can give this doll to your baby nieces or even good-and-grown women who live in South Florida and blog about frugality. Oh, wait, that’s me. Yep, Disney’s first African-American princess is hitting the retail scene royalty. I’ve seen prices from about…
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Gone, But Not Forgotten
Aug. 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009 Michael Jackson, the King of Pop, died at 50. He was a musician, dancer, entertainer and arguably one of the most popular and influential entertainers of all time. CAPTIONS BY FRANK MCCOY Feb. 14, 1973 – July 4, 2009 Steve McNair, 36, was a first-round National Football League…
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Grime: The Next British Invasion?
In the ’70s, Grammy nominee Joan Armatrading was one of Britain’s most famous international stars. Read Juliana Koranteng’s piece grime and the new British hip-hop invasion. <!— /* Font Definitions */@font-face {font-family:”Times New Roman”; panose-1:0 2 2 6 3 5 4 5 2 3; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:50331648 0 0 0 1 0;} /* Style…
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10 People We Don't Want To See in 2010
is an intern at The Root and senior journalism major at Howard University. Hear me out. It’s not that I hate Beyoncé. Quite the contrary, I’ve been a “Bey-liever,” since 10th grade when I watched her and the other members of Destiny’s Child break into the “south side” in the “No, No, No” video. However,…
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The Oscars of Black Hair
Natalie Hopkinson is a Washington, D.C.-based author whose current projects deal with the arts, gender and public life. She is the author of Go-Go Live: The Musical Life and Death of a Chocolate City. Follow her on Twitter. The 2009 competition at the Washington Convention Center will be fierce among black stylists to see who will take home…
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10 Ways to Save Money, Keep Your Sexy, Heal the World
Saaret Yoseph is a writer and Assistant Editor at TheRoot.com. She manages and blogs for \”Their Eyes Were Watching …\” Everything that we do, good or bad, has an impact on the planet. And African Americans and other minority groups are often so wrapped up in survival mode that we go for the easy or…
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BOMB THE ROOT
Kara Walker Above: detail from Look Away! Look Away! Look Away!, 1995 Below: installation of Look Away! Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College 10 x 60′ in. From BOMB, Spring 1996, Issue 55, page 46. Used with permission. All rights reserved. © Bomb Magazine, New Art Publications, and its Contributors. Kara Walker Above: detail from…
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Reality TV Crashes in on President and Mrs. Obama’s First State Dinner
The U.S. Secret Service apologized Friday for letting reality TV wannabes Michaele and Tareq Salahi into the White House uninvited. With the help of facebook, the couple set a new low in social climbing; Michaele might not even really be a former Redskins cheerleader. Like Balloon Boy, the Salahis reportedly aimed for a reality TV gig…
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How to Be Black, Famous and Green
Saaret Yoseph is a writer and Assistant Editor at TheRoot.com. She manages and blogs for \”Their Eyes Were Watching …\” “I think I’ll never get an animal like a snake again where I have to keep her in an aquarium,” Pinkett Smith told OneIndia. “We have this whole thing for Beauty outside for her, to…
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When Santa Goes Green
Saaret Yoseph is a writer and Assistant Editor at TheRoot.com. She manages and blogs for \”Their Eyes Were Watching …\” Pamper one of the hard-working women (or men) in your life with a gift that sends stress packing. A gift certificate from SpaFinder will let the lucky recipient indulge in a much-deserved massage at any…