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'It’s Not on Obama. It’s Really Still on Us.'

September 18, 2009Dayo OlopadeSeptember 18, 2009 For eight television seasons (NBC, 1984-92), the Emmy Award-winning The Cosby Show, written by and starring comedian Bill Cosby, beamed an unflinching,...

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A New World Order

September 24, 2009Dayo OlopadeSeptember 24, 2009 On the eve of the international political conference in Pittsburgh known as the Group of 20, President Barack Obama addressed a packed main hall of the...

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Black President, Black Caucus, More Powerful Than Ever?

September 25, 2009Dayo Olopade Eboni Famer September 25, 2009 The Congressional Black Caucus is 40 years old this year, and with one of its former members in the White House, members are feeling more...

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An Exclusive Talk with Bill Cosby

September 17, 2009 Part I of The Root’s Exclusive Interview with Bill Cosby Dayo OlopadeSeptember 17, 2009 For eight television seasons (NBC, 1984-92), the Emmy Award-winning The Cosby Show, written by...

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Copenhagen's Class Divisions

December 8, 2009 Developing countries at the Climate Change Summit want to be heard—and compensated. Dayo OlopadeDecember 8, 2009It isn’t often that Russians climb in bed with Rwandans. Yet, as the...

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A New Terror Threat?

December 26, 2009 What the Nigerian plane bomber reveals about America, Africa, and terrorism in the 21st century. Dayo OlopadeDecember 26, 2009On Christmas Day, a clatter, a puff of smoke and a brief,...

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Does America Speak Terrorist?

January 14, 2010 In the ongoing battle to protect the country from violent extremists, language—and access—is more important than we’ve given it credit for. Dayo OlopadeJanuary 14, 2010Somali...

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Rebuilding a Better Port-au-Prince

January 19, 2010“Starchitects” and urban planners see the Haitian earthquake as a chance to “make it right.” Dayo OlopadeJanuary 19, 2010Three days after the 7.0 magnitude earthquake that sent Haiti...

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The State Of The Union Is Still Uncertain

January 27, 2010 Obama's speech dogged Congress for the financial crises that threaten America's livelihood—and the "deficit of trust" that threatens its democracy Dayo Olopade Kai Wright, The Root...

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Michelle Obama’s Healthy Food Campaign

February 1, 2010 The first lady takes childhood obesity as her cause. Dayo OlopadeFebruary 1, 2010The White House Kitchen Garden is frozen under, but, this Black History Month, first lady Michelle...

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Green Is the New Black

February 18, 2010 EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson ties environmentalism to minority concerns. Dayo OlopadeFebruary 18, 2010The office of Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson lies...

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Will the Health Care Summit Pay Off for Obama?

February 24, 2010 With momentum coming out of the Senate jobs bill passage, the POTUS may finally have the GOP where he wants it. Dayo OlopadeFebruary 24, 2010Cantor versus Rangel. Boehner versus...

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How Black Women Became Powerful

March 5, 2010 In Part 1 of our Women’s History Month series on leadership, a look at the roots of female empowerment Dayo OlopadeMarch 5, 2010In 1992, President George H.W. Bush held a closed-door...

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Why Are There So Few Black Women Politicians?

March 9, 2010 In Part 2 of our Women’s History Month series on leadership, the real reasons so few are elected. Dayo OlopadeMarch 9, 2010When Ayanna Pressley decided to take a shot at a seat on the...

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Tomorrow’s Crop of Black Women Leaders

March 10, 2010 In Part 3 of our Women’s History Month series on leadership, why the future looks brighter. Dayo OlopadeMarch 10, 2010In 2010, black politics is often written in male faces. Tomorrow,...

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Why Michael Steele Will Stay

March 31, 2010 The beleaguered head of the Republican National Committee will survive "Bondage-gate."Dayo OlopadeMarch 31, 2010It's ironic that the first chairman of the Republican National Committee...

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'What Change Looks Like': Health Care Bill Passes House

March 22, 2010 In a historic vote, Democrats in Congress approved a plan to renovate the U.S. health care system. Dayo OlopadeMarch 22, 2010Yesterday, the U.S. House of Representatives, led by Speaker...

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Nigeria's Accidental President Promises Reform

April 14, 2010 Goodluck Jonathan takes on entrenched powers in a bid to break his nation's addiction to oil revenues. Dayo OlopadeApril 14, 2010Goodluck Ebele Jonathan--the acting president of...

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Everything You Wanted to Know About Barack Obama

April 8, 2010 David Remnick's exhaustive -- and exhausting -- biography of the President is a textbook for the ages. Dayo OlopadeApril 8, 2010On the day he had officially proclaimed United States...

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Women As Breadwinners: Old News For Blacks? | The Root

April 4, 2012The accompanying article, inspired by Liza Mundy's book of the same title, predicts that women will overtake men in a generation as financial breadwinners, with more American families will...

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