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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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Michelle Obama’s Healthy Food Campaign
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How Barack Obama Is Paving the Way for a Palin Presidency
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How Martha Coakley Saved Barack Obama
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Security Fears Mount in Post-Quake Haiti
With relief efforts slowed by the devastation, security fears are on the rise as Haitians struggle to survive.Posted by Maria R. Orozco -
Saving Haiti
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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 -
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
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