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“I’m going to get you in the locker room for that; you don’t know me,” tennis player Serena Williams said to her opponent, María José Martínez Sánchez, during a French Open match last Saturday in which Williams accused Sánchez of cheating by playing the ball off her arm. “Obama…does not get paid that much,” New York…

Saaret Yoseph is a writer and Assistant Editor at TheRoot.com. She manages and blogs for \”Their Eyes Were Watching …\” In our minds, the quintessential King reprisal came by way of veteran actor Jeffrey Wright in the film Boycott. Wright’s hue might be off. But The Root is above discrimination based on color, class or creed. There’s no doubting this…

Saaret Yoseph is a writer and Assistant Editor at TheRoot.com. She manages and blogs for \”Their Eyes Were Watching …\” Like most folks, I would have loved to have seen an African-American nominee who could correct the historic wrong that occurred with the appointment of Clarence Thomas. Nonetheless, the Supreme Court is a classic example…

As he announced her nomination, President Obama praised her as “an inspiring woman” with both the intellect and compassion to interpret the Constitution wisely. If confirmed, Sotomayor will be the first Hispanic Supreme Court justice. Sonia with her mother and father. Sonia in a cap and gown for her eighth grade graduation. This 1976 photograph provided…

Founder of 30,000-member New Birth Missionary Baptist Church just outside of Atlanta. His virulent homophobia and $250,000 Easter services in the Georgia Dome have garnered him yearly pay of up to $5 million and made him a pastor revered by the family of Martin Luther King Jr. Long gives back to the community via his…

Saaret Yoseph is a writer and Assistant Editor at TheRoot.com. She manages and blogs for \”Their Eyes Were Watching …\” As a mainstay in the publishing world, the Coretta Scott King Book Awards has a full and rich tradition of recognizing the best literature for young people created by African-American writers and illustrators. The honored books…

Leopold II, king of Belgium, held Congo Free State as a personal colony from 1885 to 1908, when he was forced to turn over control of the vast central African territory to the Belgian state after an international human rights outcry. Leopold himself never stepped foot in the Congo. History begs us to ask: Is…

Covers the White House and Washington for The Root. Follow her on Twitter. These twill pants, designed by Marc Jacobs for his spring 2009 collection, show how skinny pants for men have become a high fashion staple. This cardigan-clad blipster waits for the new TopShop to open in New York City. The British import brings…

Saaret Yoseph is a writer and Assistant Editor at TheRoot.com. She manages and blogs for \”Their Eyes Were Watching …\” Celebrate the maternal bond with a silver or gold motherhood necklace that says it all. Red Envelope. $39.95 – $49.95. Text by Meera Bowman-Johnson She’ll be the flyest mom at the park with the City…

Saaret Yoseph is a writer and Assistant Editor at TheRoot.com. She manages and blogs for \”Their Eyes Were Watching …\” For her over 22,000 subscribers, TonyaTKO focuses on empowering people. Her often lengthy videos—any clip over five minutes is long in YouTube time, while hers are often over 10 minutes—focus on personal, political and cultural issues,…