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Billionaire super-investor Warren Buffett called for more taxes on the rich in an editorial written for the NYTimes. The Chairman and Chief Executive of Berkshire Hathaway, Buffett, revealed his own tax rate in the piece — the amount of income that he pays —and how it is far below his co-workers, thanks to how investment […]

Community leaders from the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and local businesses in Fort Worth, Texas are unhappy with the name of a local food-mart titled “Da Hood Food Mart.” “The name is insulting to our African-American heritage and the over-saturation of these types of establishments within the economically disadvantaged communities is simply a continuation of […]

DECORAH, Iowa-President Barack Obama had a heated exchange with a Tea Party supporter while on a Midwestern tour promoting rural economic policies. The Tea Party activist took offense to Vice President Joe Biden’s statement that Republicans were holding the economy hostage, which many Republicans have misquoted as him calling Tea Party Republicans, terrorists. The Huffington […]

Cornel West’s repeated attacks on President Barack Obama are creating a divide within the Black community. Several African American activists who support Obama fear that his attacks will lead to apathy in the Black community and low voter turnout. West is currently on a “Poverty Tour” with fellow Obama critic, radio and TV personality, Tavis […]

PHILADELPHIA — The painful images and graphic stories of repeated violent assaults and vandalism by mobs of black teenagers had gotten to be too much for Mayor Michael Nutter. As an elected official and a “proud black man” in the nation’s fifth-largest city, Nutter felt he had to go a step beyond ordering a law […]

San Francisco’s mass transit system, BART, closed all four of its stations in downtown San Francisco on Monday evening due to protests. Groups protested yesterday against the BART’s decision to cut underground cellular service for three hours last Thursday night in an effort to stop a possible protest over the  July 3 slaying of a […]

A white powdery substance believed to be narcotics was discovered on the body of a megachurch pastor who was discovered dead in a Times Square hotel room, police said Monday. Pastor Zachery Tims of New Destiny Christian Center in Apopka, Florida, 42, was found dead at the W Hotel in Times Square Saturday. His cause […]

CANNON FALLS, Minn. — Hitting back against an emboldened GOP, President Barack Obama launched a rare direct attack Monday on the Republican presidential field, criticizing his potential 2012 rivals for their blanket opposition to any deficit-cutting compromise involving new taxes. “That’s just not common sense,” Obama told the crowd at a town hall-style meeting in […]

More than 500 people gathered in Jackson, Mississippi Sunday to denounce the racially motivated killing of an African-American man. James Craig Anderson, 49, was beaten by a group of white teens, then fatally mowed over with an attacker’s truck in early July. Surveillance video released this month brought the story to the nation’s attention, and […]

Most American think access to clean drinking water is a problem that only people in developing nations face. However, many Americans themselves are now being burdened with a lack of access to clean water. The Root spoke with organizations that are working to thwart this crisis, offering its list of six things to know as […]

Illinois Governor Pat Quinn has approved a bill creating a commission aimed at researching disparities in the African-American community. The commission will study social and economic issues including health services, employment and education. “We know that disparities exist within the African-American community, preventing some from achieving their full potential,” Quinn said in a statement. “In […]

MILWAUKEE, WIS. — As more and more violent flash-mob attacks occur across the country, the news media and public officials believe much of the crime is motivated by race. Many African Americans are weary of the descriptions, saying the Black community is being described in a condescending manner and used as a scapegoat. Just yesterday, […]