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Nearly one-half of the oldest Baby Boomers are at risk of not having enough retirement resources to pay for basic expenses and uninsured health care costs, while 44 percent of Generation Xers have the same predicament, according to the Employee Benefit Research Institute. However, it’s possible to get ahead of the retirement cash crunch by…

Harriette Cole is the author of the book of meditations 108 Stitches: Words We Live By and a contributing editor at The Root. Follow her on Twitter. 

Election-year politics are set to take center stage on a limited congressional agenda as lawmakers return to work on Monday after the winter recess, the Associated Press reports. While Republicans plan to focus on President Barack Obama’s beleaguered health care law, Democrats will put their energies on restoring unemployment benefits to millions of Americans and…

Kid president needs our help. On Monday, Robby Novak, the 10-year-old who rose to Internet fame as America’s “Kid President,” underwent surgery, and his family is asking for get-well prayers. Novak, who has osteogenesis imperfecta, a congenital bone disorder characterized by brittle bones that are prone to fracture, had surgery to replace the rod in…

Oh, sure, 2013 started on an optimistic note. President Obama, having won re-election by a landslide, was sworn in at the beginning of the year, setting the stage for his second term with soaring, progressive rhetoric filled with big vision and big promises. (And a lip-synching Beyoncé.) But there were times along the way that…

Who are the young black trailblazers in your community? The Root is putting the spotlight on the young African-American leaders and innovators of the future, and we want your help. We are now accepting nominations for The Root 2014 Young Futurists list, to be unveiled in February. Young Futurists are between the ages of 16 and 22 and committed…

Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly isn’t comfortable with the idea of a black Santa and wants to make a few things clear, especially to kids: Santa Claus is white and so was Jesus. The anchor, who had an all-white lineup on her news analysis show, cleared up any misgivings that culture blogger Aisha Harris may…

George Zimmerman will walk again, since his girlfriend decided she will not pursue domestic violence charges, Associated Press reports via Yahoo!. The 30-year-old was facing aggravated assault, battery and criminal mischief charges stemming from a dispute at the central Florida home that he and Samantha Scheibe shared, AP reports. If convicted of the assault charge,…

For me, 30 years was way too long to wait for a smart, competent, beautiful and powerful black woman as the main character in a TV drama. So I’m about to go into Scandal withdrawal again after the last episode of the year airs tonight. The show has so many things to savor: a Republican…

In the midst of the worldwide media coverage surrounding the death of human rights hero Nelson Mandela, another big news story was deemed worthy of ample coverage on international news sites and blogs. Apparently a major celebrity is pregnant, and she decided to unveil the identity of the father as a press announcement as if…