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Living While Obama: An Executive Easter
Standing next to the event’s Easter Bunny mascot, President Obama cheers on the crowd of about 34,000 during the 134th annual White House Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn on April 9.
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Living While Obama: Moving the Economy
President Obama speaks to press at Washington, D.C.’s Eisenhower Executive Office Building concerning the proposed “Buffett Rule” on Wednesday, April 11. Named after the billionnaire investor Warren Buffett, the “Buffett Rule” would make America’s wealthiest pay at least 30 percent of their incomes on taxes.
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The National Action Network Comes to DC
In the wake of the Trayvon Martin and Tulsa, Okla., shooting tragedies, the Rev. Al Sharpton’s National Action Network, or NAN, has headed to the nation’s capital for its 14th Annual National Convention. From Wednesday, April 11, to Saturday, April 14, policymakers, advocates, academics, journalists and activists will crowd the Washington Convention Center to discuss…
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Book Recounts Family's Mission to Buy Black
In her latest book, Our Black Year, author Maggie Anderson recounts her family’s experiment to patronize only black businesses at the height of a dwindling economy. Anderson’s family members live somewhat cushy lives in suburban Chicago, but after realizing the all-too-common failures of African-American businesses, the Andersons decided to make a change — to “buy…
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R&B Songstress Monica Back With New Album
After a two-year hiatus, R&B entertainer Monica is back with her latest album, New Life. Featuring collaborations with music heavyweights Jermaine Dupre, Missy Elliott and others, New Life blends the soulful R&B ballads and club-worthy hip-hop beats that help define Monica’s 17-year career. And speaking of her musical tenure, Monica reunites with Brandy on “It…
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Living While Obama: A Stately Smile
Flanked by legislators and lawmakers, President Obama smiles as he signs the STOCK (Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge) Act into law. The STOCK Act bans insider trading among government officials and members of Congress.
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Lionel Richie Back With New Music
The Commodores legend and R&B-pop legacy Lionel Richie is back after a three-year hiatus with Tuskegee, named after the town of his birth, Tuskegee, Ala. A departure from his previous work, Tuskegee blends Richie’s characteristic R&B with country and bluegrass, creating an eclectic sound. The album also features duets with country singers Shania Twain and…
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Selwyn Seyfu Hinds Back With Black Comic Book
Comic book author Selwyn Seyfu Hinds is back with Dominique Laveau: Voodoo Child 2012, a murder-mystery series set in a haunted post-Katrina New Orleans. After the untimely murder of the Voodoo Queen and her court, a Tulane University graduate must escape the suspicious eyes of the law by trying to unravel the truth of these…
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British Soul-Jazz Group Back With New Album
Arguably one of the greatest acts to come out of the era of British soul jazz in the 1990s, Incognito — the group from the United Kingdom whose repertoire spans more than two decades and 15 albums — is back with its latest masterly work, Surreal. The 14-track album harks back to the musical boldness…
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Annual Conference Celebrates Black Writers
Join The Root at the 11th National Black Writers Conference — presented by the Center for Black Literature at CUNY’s Medgar Evers College in the college’s Founders Auditorium — this Thursday, March 29, through Sunday, April 2. This year’s NBWC honors novelist and poet Ishmael Reed; Kenyan-born author Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o; poet and activist Nikki…
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