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Are We Catholics Yet?
One seemed to have his destiny written for him at birth; the other methodically wrote his own. One had a cloistered upbringing that revolved around close family and powerful friends; the other lived an itinerant childhood and was a global student of life. One constantly questioned his place in the world; the other determinedly sought…
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The New Black-Catholic Alliance
One of the fascinating demographic tidbits of the 2008 presidential election results shows that President-elect Barack Obama won a startling 54 percent of the Catholic vote—more Catholic votes than any other Democratic presidential candidate since John F. Kennedy (who garnered around 80 percent). To understand how a pro-choice, African-American candidate generated more support from American…
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Oscar Grant Greens
Yield: 4 to 6 servings Soundtrack: “30 Cops or More” by KRS-ONE from Edutainment and “Black and Blue” by Brand Nubian from In God We Trust Dedicated to Oscar Grant III, Adolph Grimes III, Sean Bell and countless others. Simple Stock Yield: about 1 1/2 quart Soundtrack: “Home” by The Modern Jazz Quartet from Blues…
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Prioritizing the Middle East
Upon entering the Oval Office for the first time, the past 10 American presidents have found a towering inbox of priorities, near the top of which laid a thick, tattered file marked “Middle East.” President Barack Obama will be no exception. On Jan. 20, he will inherit the immediate consequences of the past eight years…
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CHIP-ing Away at Bush
Congress is likely to take its first meaningful swipe at the Bush era today by passing a long-awaited expansion of the public health insurance program for poor children. We spend more than $2 trillion a year on health care and still leave 1 in 9 kids without coverage, but Bush twice found reason to veto…
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Inauguration: A Novella
With so many families converging on Washington next week, the inauguration has become as much family reunion as historic event. Writer Curtis Sittenfeld, author of American Wife, has penned “All Along, This Was What Was Supposed to Happen,” a wonderful novella for our sister site, Slate, about one such reunion. In this third installment, “Stars…
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Visit the Website for More Info
Oh, dear. It looks like President-elect Obama may be starting off on the wrong foot with the New York Times. How dare he not make time in his schedule to grant The Times’ White House correspondents their customary pre-inauguration interview? Even President Bush sat down with the “liberal media elite” days before he took his…
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Miss France and the New Black
Blackness is fast moving to the center of the world’s psyche. For proof, look no further than last month’s crowning of a binational and biracial Miss France 2009. Chloe Mortaud’s selection as the face of French beauty and elegance has so few precedents that the French media have named her, perhaps cheaply, “Miss Obama.” In…
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Sign Up for The Root’s Day of Service
TODAY, 12pm: Join the washingtonpost.com Live Online discussion on GOING GREEN FOR THE INAUGURATION with The Root’s associate editor Natalie Hopkinson and Washington Parks & People founder Steve Coleman. In the days leading up to the inauguration of Barack Obama, Washington, D.C. will be transformed into one big, jubilant street festival. We at The Root have nothing…
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Beyonce Sings at the Lincoln Memorial – Say What?
So the Presidential Inaugural Committee has unveiled the Inaugural talent line up and guess who’s shaking her shimmy and belting out a few under Mister Emancipator himself… Beyonce. Now don’t get me wrong, I think Beyonce is talented. She can sing and dance in a style that can only originate in the basement of a…