A Lithuanian company plans to set up a holiday island in the Maldives run entirely by blondes – the latest project in a growing blonde movement in the Baltics. But how legitimate is this latest sign of Baltic blonde ambition? What do you call a blonde who runs a business? A dab hand at marketing, […]
The Root obtained the audio clip below from a source at the National Association for Consumer Advocates, a group that helped Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) craft the End Debt Collector Abuse Act (EDCAA) bill. Though the clip depicts the behavior of just one California debt collector, it’s the kind of virulent harassment that has become […]
Four armed men barged into Anna Mburano’s hut, slapped the children and threw them down. They flipped Mrs. Mburano on her back, she said, and raped her, repeatedly.
Nicki Minaj collected enough hardware for herself and a few of her alter egos on Saturday (October 2) as the female lyricist was one of the big winners at the 2010 BET Hip-Hop Awards.
Bishop Eddie Long did not directly mention the accusations to thousands of cheering supporters during services at New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in suburban Lithonia. But his remarks seemed directly addressed to his accusers.
An unconventional all-boys school in New York, the Eagle Academy, is seeing 80% college attendance. Recruitment of male African-American teachers has proven to benefit the New York school.
President Barack Obama is promoting his administration’s investments in clean energy technologies like wind and solar, arguing they produce jobs and are essential for the country’s environment and economic security.
Saturday Night Live’s new talent Jay Pharoah is proving to be supreme impersonator; perfectly capturing the essence of Jay-Z, Denzel Washington, and Eddie Murphy in his past impersonations.
Q. Do you think Cuomo is relying in the debate on you attacking him from the left and Carl Paladino attacking him from the right and he’ll come off looking mainstream? A. “He can rely on that all he wants. He has to answer to the people of the State of New York, not who’s […]
As a coalition of liberal activists gather in Washington, NAACP President Ben Jealous tells CNN that the “One Nation” movement is not “the alternative to the Tea Party, we’re the antidote to the Tea Party.”
One of my good friends is from Kent Ohio. I would relentlessly taunt him about about Cleveland sports and their lack of winning sports’ franchises and brag about my many Boston championships. I would love beating him in NBA 2K with my beloved Celtics. As much as I enjoyed teasing him, I felt really bad […]