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Poll: Do You Uber?
So, we noticed that Uber‘s home page features a picture of a black woman getting out of a cab. Which means, presumably, we can catch a ride with Uber, too, right? Not so quietly, the on-demand, taxi-service smartphone app that has upgraded so many folks’ crosstown commutes is being hailed as a game changer for black folks who are tired…
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Angela Bassett Traces Roots Back to Slavery
Three well-known African Americans will have their family histories explored on this week’s episode of Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates Jr. According to PBS, “Angela Bassett, Valerie Jarrett and Nas’ roots run back into the heart of slavery, revealing there is no single narrative and challenging our preconceptions of an era that has…
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Here Are 5 Funny Promos for Dear White People, Which Opens in Theaters Nationwide Today
First Justin Simien’s new film, Dear White People, made the film festival rounds. Then it won big at Sundance. And if you happen to live in New York City, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C. or Atlanta, you got a chance to see the film last week in theaters. Now, finally, the film is screening nationwide—it opens around…
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How Does It Work Being a Stay-at-Home Dad?
In a growing number of families, Mom is the breadwinner and Dad stays at home to take care of the kids. But how does that setup work for the family finances, for the marital relationship and for the mom who might be feeling left out of her children’s lives? In episode 6 of The Root…
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Ben Jealous and Actress Khandi Alexander Find Their Roots
On Tuesday’s episode of the PBS series Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Benjamin Jealous, former president of the NAACP, learns how his great-grandfather Peter G. Morgan, a free black man, was forced to purchase his own wife and family in order to keep them safe. Scandal actress Khandi Alexander never knew her…
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Making Retirement Work, Even After Job Loss
You have spent 25 years in a satisfying job, raised a family and put your kids through college, and suddenly your employer says, “That’s it, we don’t need you anymore.” But you’re still young and have lots of living left to do. What are you supposed to do now? You can start by watching The…
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CDC: What You Need to Know About Ebola
On Tuesday the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed that the first case of Ebola diagnosed in the United States was that of a man who traveled from the West African country of Liberia to Dallas in September. And on Friday a person with Ebola-like symptoms was admitted to Howard University Hospital in Washington,…
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Obama and the Conundrum of Not Being a Post-Racial America
Left of Black host Mark Anthony Neal is joined by Karla FC Holloway to talk about her new book, Legal Fictions: Constituting Race, Composing Literature, and the question of whether we are on a path to a post-racial America. She also weighs in on President Barack Obama’s ability to serve the interests of African Americans while…
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This Is Not a Gun: So, Officers, Stop Shooting Unarmed Black Men
Too many black men have lost their lives because of encounters with police officers whose racially charged presumptions about what the men were holding in their hands informed their decision-making minutes before the men were gunned down. In fact, it’s what Jennifer L. Eberhardt, a Stanford psychologist and one of this year’s recipients of the…
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