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GOP Leader Forced Out Over Racist Email
(The Root) — Just days after his racist remarks in an email sparked a firestorm, an Illinois Republican Party leader has resigned, on the same day the Republican National Committee demanded his resignation. Montgomery County, Ill., GOP Chairman Jim Allen wrote the following about GOP candidate Erika Harold, the 2003 Miss America who is multiracial and…
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Should Fewer Students Go to College?
(The Root) — New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is clearly not afraid to court controversy. He has fought for bans on smoking and large sodas, despite his efforts sparking criticism and ridicule. The mayor has found himself provoking critics again with his comments earlier this month about which students should attend college. During his…
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NYPD Finally Cops to Profiling?
(The Root) — Though the New York City Police Department has steadfastly denied that its controversial stop-and-frisk program constitutes racial profiling, today it appears that New York’s finest are singing a new tune. The NYPD Captains Endowment Association is running an ad against a new City Council measure that would expand the language defining those…
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More White American Deaths Than Births
(The Root) — According to demographers, more white Americans died last year than were born — the first time this has occurred in the history of the nation. Even more surprising, the shrinking of the white population has begun more rapidly than previously predicted. The decline of America’s white population is being fueled by a…
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Could a Tax Credit Fix the Black Jobs Crisis?
(The Root) — The May jobs report didn’t bring worse news than the April jobs report. But it was still bad news for African Americans, for whom unemployment remains in the double digits. Although unemployment among whites is 6.7 percent, 13.5 percent of black Americans are unemployed. As America slowly recovers from the recession, black America…
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How the 'Loving' Case Changed the US
(The Root) — Forty-six years ago, on June 12, 1967, the Supreme Court ruled that a Virginia law prohibiting Mildred Jeter Loving, who was black, and Richard Loving, who was white, from marrying because of their race was unconstitutional. Their family name, “Loving,” was so perfect for a case about love that it probably would…
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Plan B: Did Fatherhood Influence Obama?
(The Root) — When it comes to President Obama, about the only thing that Republicans and Democrats can agree on is that he has a beautiful family and is a loving father. Even his conservative critics lashed out at the National Rifle Association for referring to Sasha and Malia Obama in an anti-gun control ad.…
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Blacks Dominate the 2013 Tony Awards
(The Root) — Having never won one in her legendary career, Cicely Tyson was a sentimental favorite to take home a Tony, American theater’s highest honor, this year for her critically acclaimed performance in The Trip to Bountiful. So when Tyson’s name was announced for best actress in a play, it was not a total…
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Could Stop and Frisk Become Permanent?
(The Root) — While stop and frisk, the controversial practice of the New York City Police Department that has been proved to disproportionately target young black and Latino males, faces a serious court challenge, a new state law may render a court ruling to end the practice moot. The New York Senate has passed a…
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First Lady Was Right to Heckle a Heckler
(The Root) — If you’re a politician, accepting that you are going to be heckled by critics and learning how to handle being heckled are part of the job. But for those married to politicians, the rules of engagement have always been less clear. That may now change thanks to Michelle Obama. It was recently…
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