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Young Futurist Video: Kayla Vinson
A senior at Yale, Kayla Vinson has made it her mission to close the achievement gap between white and black male students. Kayla Vinson’s Young Futurist Bio
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Mark Whitaker Jumps From NBC to CNN
Mark Whitaker has jumped ship from NBC News, where as vice president he was the highest-ranking person of color, to CNN, where he will hold that same distinction. Whitaker was named to the newly created position of executive vice president and managing editor, reporting directly to Jim Walton, president of CNN Worldwide, CNN announced on…
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The Vine: African-American Power Players Talk Leadership
The challenges of leadership have an extra dimension to them when you’re black. Several notables, including Condoleezza Rice and Maj. Gen. Ronald Bailey of the U.S. Marines, share their insights in interviews with The Root’s editor-in-chief, Henry Louis Gates Jr. In the latest segment of the series, Bailey, who heads recruiting for the Marine Corps and…
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Will Media Create Their Own 'WikiLeaks'?
Al-Jazeera’s “Palestine Papers” Embarrass All Sides “Earlier this month, Al Jazeera launched a new feature on its Web site called the Transparency Unit — the network’s in-house version of WikiLeaks,” Raffi Khatchadourian blogged Monday for the New Yorker magazine. “When the unit first went online, there was not much coverage about it in English, but…
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Beyond Fame With Russell Simmons
If anyone knows anything about being “super rich,” it’s Russell Simmons. In this audio interview, music and fashion mogul Russell Simmons goes “Beyond Fame” with Anji Corley, who asks him about his new book (Super Rich); meditating tips; and who has more Twitter followers than Barack Obama.
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VIDEO: Defining Young, Fabulous and Female in Philly
What makes you fabulous? Nearly 200 women came out on Jan. 13 to The Root’s Young, Fabulous and Female event in Philadelphia to explore that question and network over cocktails. Sponsored by Lincoln and held at the African American Museum in Philadelphia, the evening centered around a panel moderated by journalist and broadcast personality Jacque Reid (Tom Joyner…
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Sam Yette Dies, Wrote of 'Black Survival'
Samuel F. Yette, a reporter, teacher, author and photojournalist whose publication of the 1971 book “The Choice: The Issue of Black Survival in America” coincided with his dismissal as the first black Washington correspondent for Newsweek magazine, died Friday at an assisted living facility in Laurel, Md. He was 81 and had Alzheimer’s disease, a…
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Beyond Fame With Wendy Raquel Robinson
After debuting on BET to an audience of 7.7 million, The Game has become one of the most buzzed-about shows of 2011. The Root’s Anji Corley went “Beyond Fame” with The Game star Wendy Raquel Robinson in a recent audio interview, during which they chatted about Robinson’s character on the show, staying svelte after 40…
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Scenes From a 'Young, Fabulous and Female' Evening in Philly
Sponsored by Lincoln and held at the African American Museum in Philadelphia on Jan. 13, the evening began with a panel moderated by journalist and broadcast personality Jacque Reid, far right (The Tom Joyner Morning Show), who was joined by (from left) news anchor Sheinelle Jones (Fox 29); University of Pennsylvania professor Salamishah Tillet, Ph.D.;…
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Haiti 1 Year Later: A Med Student's Struggle
Haitian-American filmmaker Michele Stephenson traveled to Haiti on behalf of the National Black Programming Consortium to capture the struggles of Haitians a year after the devastating Jan. 12, 2010, earthquake. From more than 60 hours of footage, many stories were crafted for NBPC’s television series AfroPoP and for the Web. In this video, a medical…