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  • Wanted: Anyone Who Is Young, Fabulous and Female in Houston

    Attention, all the young, black and gifted women in Houston: The Root’s Young, Fabulous and Female series continues in Houston Oct. 15 with moderator Devi Dev, a No. 1-rated personality heard daily on iHeartMedia’s 93.7 The Beat, as well as a television pop-culture correspondent for CBS affiliate KHOU. Join The Root and Toyota for a…

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  • Just Sex: The Root Answers Your Most Intimate Questions

    Have you found yourself going through the motions in the bedroom? Does your partner not seem as stimulated as he or she once was? Has a recent medication changed your sexual responsiveness or caused physical changes that make lovemaking uncomfortable? You’ve got questions, but are you too embarrassed or too uncertain about whom to ask…

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  • ColorOfChange.org Celebrates 10-Year Anniversary

    Notables from the worlds of entertainment, media, politics and social justice came together at New York City’s Gotham Hall to celebrate the 10th anniversary of ColorOfChange.org, the social-justice organization. Co-founders Van Jones and James Rucker greeted Selma director Ava DuVernay; Mara Brock Akil, creator of Being Mary Jane; Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards; musician Questlove;…

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  • Cam Newton’s Fashion Sense: Hot or Nah?

    Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton is getting major kudos for helping lead his team to a perfect 4-0 record with its win over Tampa Bay Sunday. But what he wears to the postgame news conference has become as newsworthy as what he does on the field. His preference for bright colors, crazy patterns, capri pants…

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  • Prison Kids: Join the Fight Against the Mass Incarceration of Our Youth

    It should be a crime that America locks up so much of its youths. Right now the United States has more than 60,000 children sitting in jail, lost in a broken system that has led our country to incarcerate more children than any other nation. Why are we turning our backs on the youngest, most…

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  • Michelle Obama Is Simply Breathtaking at the China State Dinner

    The president and first lady hosted China’s President Xi Jinping and his wife, Madame Peng Liyuan, at a White House state dinner Friday evening. And the first couple gave photographers quite a playful greeting as the president admired his wife, who stunned in what was reported to be a Vera Wang gown.

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  • Photos: A Night of Decadence Hosted by The Root and Infiniti in DC

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  • Guys’ Night Out: The Root manCODE Explores Black Manhood in Washington, DC

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  • Man Targeted in James Blake NYPD Arrest Also Misidentified

    New York Police Department officers were armed with a photo of an unidentified black man when they slammed tennis star James Blake to the ground outside of his hotel, according to the New York Daily News. Turns out, the unnamed man was also innocent, the News writes, stating, “The mystery man’s skin appears to be…

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  • Shonda Rhimes Tops The Root 100 List of Top Influencers

    To be black and excellent. But excellent not just in the way they conduct their business. To be black and excellent in their lives, in their careers, in their community. Every year since 2009, The Root has defined black excellence with a list of 100 honorees ages 25 to 45, who, while succeeding across multiple…

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