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Clair Speaks Out
Dear Michelle, You may not remember me, but I’m Sondra Huxtable’s mom. I met you and your family during parents’ weekend back when you and Sondra were at Princeton together. Words can hardly express the type of joy I felt upon seeing you and Barack and your beautiful children walk onto that stage on Election…
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The Ultimate Mocha Mom
I am awed by Michelle Obama. Totally taken by her. Thrilled, cheering, jumping inside with glee! It’s not just because she’s black. Or because she went to Princeton with my husband. In large part, it’s because she’s making the same choice now that I made—putting her own career aside for a time to be completely…
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Fitness Fit for a First Lady
Mom in chief, that’s the title Michelle Obama has given herself as America’s next first lady. And who’s gonna argue with no-nonsense Michelle as she steps up to take her place in history? All over the world, women and girls of color will be looking to her, not as some out of reach ideal, but…
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You Make The Rules
Nov. 18, 2008—Months ago my hairdresser told me that President-elect Barack Obama would win because while his opponent wanted to become president, your husband wanted to be president. For her, and many others, you were the one who sealed the deal. Please accept my heartfelt congratulations to your husband, your family and colleagues, and to…
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Mr. Obama's Neighborhood
Chicago, the town where Barack Obama arrived without knowing a soul in 1985, is suddenly the center of the political world and—if past and present trends are any indication—will continue to wield considerable influence after Obama sets up shop in the White House. Obama loves Chicago and doesn’t mind governing from home. He held his…
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The Great Debaters, Rugby-style
Rugby brings the world to you and you to the world,” Alex Pettiford, a sophomore, said. Also, nine minutes well spent. Saaret Yoseph is a writer and Assistant Editor at TheRoot.com. She manages and blogs for \”Their Eyes Were Watching …\”
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Not So Post-Racial
Cross burnings. Schoolchildren chanting “Assassinate Obama.” Black figures hung from nooses. Racial epithets scrawled on homes and cars. From California to Maine, police have documented a range of alleged crimes, from vandalism and vague threats to at least one physical attack. Insults and taunts have been delivered by adults, college students and second-graders. Looks like…
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Obama Round-Up
Obama Round-Up Cory Booker: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/cory-booker/barack-obama-is-elected-p_b_142499.html “Obama’s Elected — Now What?” Frank Rich: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/16/opinion/16rich.html?_r=1&ref=opinion&oref=slogin “GOP Evokes Apartheid” Hutchinson: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/earl-ofari-hutchinson/obama-assassination-jitte_b_144063.html “Assassination Jitters” Ruben Navarrette: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/16/opinion/16rich.html?_r=1&ref=opinion&oref=slogin “Did Affirmative Action Affect Election?” Robinson: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/11/obamas_win_changing_social_att.html “Bad Day for Comedians” Hitchens: http://www.slate.com/id/2204240/ “Barack to Reality” Terrence Heath: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/terrance-heath/first-you-get-mad_b_143975.html “On Prop 8: Get Mad” David Remnick: http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/11/17/081117fa_fact_remnick “The Joshua Generation” John…
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Souljah's Boy
“I came busting out of my momma’s … on January 28, 1977, during one of New York’s worst snowstorms.” So began The Coldest Winter Ever (1999), one of the most compelling novels of a generation, a cult classic that catapulted Sister Souljah from dissed-by-Bill-Clinton “raptivist” to best-selling author, trapping millions of readers in a trance-like…
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Slumming it in Mumbai
Early into British filmmaker Danny Boyle’s most excellent, Slumdog Millionaire, we see Jamal, our plucky hero—all of 8 years old—dive feet first into the depths of a steaming Mumbai outhouse, only to emerge, crowing and covered in excrement, triumphantly clutching the object of his worship: a photo of Amitabh Bachchan, India’s biggest movie star. A…