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The Root is an English-language online magazine of African American culture launched on January 28, 2008 by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Donald E. Graham. The Root is owned by the Washington Post Company through its online subsidiary, Washington Post-Newsweek Interactive. More » (Source: Wikipedia)
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Why NASA's Moon Landing is the Wrong Model for Science in America
“We are attempting to develop major new systems with ten-year technology, eight-year programs, a five year plan, three-year people, and one-year dollars,” he wrote. ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
The Judge They Feared
Sonia Sotomayor is a powerful woman with a powerful story, who represents in many ways the arc of Latino struggle in this country. Her nomination Tuesday by President Barack ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
Approaching the Whites-Only Bench
For state court watchers, last month provided a rare and historic moment to savor: A black governor was tasked with replacing the most powerful judge in the state, who ...Posted by Derek Hawkins -
More Than Beads, Booze and Boobs
There is admittedly a Girls Gone Wild element to Mardi Gras. You know, the intoxicated young women raising their shirts for beads and engaging in salacious sexual activity on ...Posted by Tamika Thompson -
The Hannity Hate Machine
The problem with black people’s allegiance to liberal ideology, liberal media and Democratic Party politics is that is forces us into a scary kind of “group think” that ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala
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Why President Obama Deserves the Nobel Peace Prize
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Taking Back the House—The On-Screen and Real-Life Politics of Bill Cosby
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A summer of race talk
Judge Sonia Sotomayor is the first Latina Supreme Court justice. The Cambridge police dropped the charges against Professor Henry “Skip” Gates, an action supported by the ...Posted by Derek Hawkins -
Obama at the NAACP Convention: Racism's Real, Deal With It
It’s classic Obama, in that it rises above the fray of an old debate by declaring everybody the winner. In this case, the shouting match he wants to end surrounds the ...Posted by Milo Smith -
Why Sen. Graham Got It Wrong
The evidence contradicts any assertion that racially insensitive remarks are an automatic career killer for white men.Posted by Derek Hawkins -
Environment Justice, Blacks and the Green Movement
"Polar bears will not be the biggest victims of global warming," Ellis-Lamkins said. "People will be the biggest victims—ourselves, our children and grandchildren. And as ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
It’s Tax Day, Did You File for EITC?
The Earned Income Tax Credit is a tax credit for low- to moderate-income individuals and families. Congress originally passed EITC legislation in 1975 to, in part, offset the ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
Young, Broke and Baby on Board
“My post-college financial woes actually hit me before this monster of a recession grabbed a hold of the economy. I graduated from the University of Maryland in College Park ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
The GOP’s Nutty Negro
There is a viciously insidious strain of racism just beneath the surface of these vile allegations about President Obama’s citizenship that bears focusing on, even if the ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
Don't Protest the New York Post
If we are going to protest, let’s use the energy from our disgust from the New York Post’s cartoon to protest the conditions in our streets, in our communities and in our ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala
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