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2009 June
6/30/2009 - The Sarah Palin Saga: Desperate Housewives meets Northern Exposure?
6/30/2009 - The Employment Cost of Health Care Reform
6/30/2009 - Losing the VIBE
6/30/2009 - 'Star Spangled' Bloopers
6/30/2009 - VIBE Magazine Folds
6/30/2009 - A Complex(ion) Issue
6/30/2009 - Reading List: The Music Edition
6/30/2009 - Clueless Joe Jackson
6/30/2009 - The King of Debt
6/30/2009 - New Haven Firefighters: Are They Really Wrong?
6/30/2009 - Audio: Women at Khartoum Univ. Attacked on Campus
6/30/2009 - Obama on Gay Rights: 'I'll Get to It, I Swear'
6/30/2009 - Shameless Joe Jackson
6/30/2009 - Why Shelby Steele Is Right
6/30/2009 - A Reversal to the Right
6/30/2009 - Blipsters' Bust
6/30/2009 - Affirmative Action Assumptions
6/29/2009 - New Haven Was Wrong, the Court was Right, and Affirmative Action is…Still Important?
6/29/2009 - Jackson Family Values
6/29/2009 - Obama’s Perfect Pitch on Iran
6/29/2009 - BREAKING: Bernie Madoff Gets 150 Years
6/29/2009 - BET Awards: A Big Disappointment
6/29/2009 - BREAKING: Justices Rule in Favor of White Firefighters
6/29/2009 - Court Rules For White Firefighters in New Haven
6/29/2009 - Money and Mood Swings
6/29/2009 - Transformers: No Racism or Plot
6/29/2009 - Still Do or Die in Bed-Stuy
6/29/2009 - Black, Paranoid and Absolutely Right
6/29/2009 - Video: The BET Awards Recap
6/27/2009 - He's Going Back to Indiana
6/26/2009 - Do the Right Thing @ 20: Spike Lee looks back
6/26/2009 - In Strip Search Case, Clarence Thomas Shows He's "Off the Grid"
6/26/2009 - Debate on America's Energy Future Splits Obama and Artur Davis
6/26/2009 - Long Before 'Thriller,' Jackson Shattered Racial Barriers
6/26/2009 - The Album That Saved Pop Music
6/26/2009 - Michael Jackson: Black Or White?
6/26/2009 - Detroit City Council Woman Pleads Guilty on Bribery Charges
6/26/2009 - Ahmadinejad Calls Obama George W. Bush v. 2.0
6/26/2009 - On Michael Jackson
6/26/2009 - The Supreme Court vs. The Older American Worker
6/26/2009 - Michael Jackson: Genius or Pariah?
6/26/2009 - MTV's Jackie Robinson
6/26/2009 - Dying Under Complicated Circumstances
6/26/2009 - Sanford and Sonned
6/26/2009 - Chasing Michael Jackson
6/25/2009 - The Curious Case of Michael Jackson
6/25/2009 - He Made Us Dance
6/25/2009 - Remembering Michael Jackson
6/25/2009 - Michael Jackson Memories
6/25/2009 - Michael Jackson is Dead: Will We Let Him RIP?
6/25/2009 - The King of Pop's Peculiar Reign
6/25/2009 - Michael Jackson: I'm Speechless
6/25/2009 - The Root's 'Do the Right Thing' Podcast
6/25/2009 - Video: The Paths We Tread
6/25/2009 - Shaq Traded to Cavs
6/25/2009 - Notes on a Scandal: Gov. Sanford Edition
6/25/2009 - Video: Wait...You Can't Shout the Homosexuality Out of People?!
6/25/2009 - In New Survey, Blacks Say Race Relations are Same Old Same Old
6/25/2009 - Post-Racial, Still Racial: Has Obama Really Helped?
6/25/2009 - What Iran Can Learn from the Civil Rights Movement
6/25/2009 - Stop, You Can't Touch This!
6/25/2009 - L'Enfant Terrible of Black Cinema
6/25/2009 - Is Toronto Exploiting Caribana?
6/24/2009 - Let's Get It On: Women, Sex, and Fantasy
6/24/2009 - Spike Lee Speaks About 'Do the Right Thing' 20 Years later
6/24/2009 - Top Ten Cover Stories Sanford Should Have Used
6/24/2009 - We Still Need the Voting Rights Act
6/24/2009 - What a Man Won't Do for the Mo' Betta...
6/24/2009 - Martha's Vineyard: A Meeting of Cosby Clans
6/24/2009 - The Science of Racism
6/24/2009 - Canadian Magazine Cover FAIL
6/24/2009 - You’ll Never Eat Chicken McNuggets Again
6/24/2009 - Martin Lawrence Makes a TV Comeback
6/24/2009 - BREAKING: Authorities Use Force to Beat Back Protesters in Tehran Square
6/24/2009 - Conversations with Henry Louis Gates Jr.
6/24/2009 - Where There's Smoke...
6/24/2009 - Official Sheds Light on Possible Obama Moves in Africa
6/24/2009 - Video: United We Serve
6/24/2009 - Iran Rounding Up Foreign Nationals in Connection with Protests
6/24/2009 - If Not You, Mr. President, Then Who?
6/24/2009 - Spike's Woman Problem
6/24/2009 - Who's on Tap in the NBA?
6/24/2009 - Going In-Sanford in South Carolina
6/23/2009 - My House, Your Kids: Whose Mama Rules?
6/23/2009 - The Lost Tapes: Nixon's Rants and Racism Now Public
6/23/2009 - UPDATE: Nine Killed in DC Metro Crash
6/23/2009 - The Ten Laws of Blog Beef
6/23/2009 - Prosecutors Say Burris Didn't Lie, Merely Bungled Re-Telling the Truth
6/23/2009 - DTRT@20 Compatibility Quiz
6/23/2009 - (Traditional) Fathers Don’t Always Know Best
6/23/2009 - God's Work? Baptist Minister Prays for Obama's Death
6/23/2009 - Justice Thomas Dissents
6/23/2009 - Selling Sex or Simply Selling Yourself Short?
6/23/2009 - A Deadly Washington Train Wreck
6/23/2009 - Michael Thomas Wins Impac Award But Questions Why
6/23/2009 - Court Saves Voting Rights Act and Itself
6/23/2009 - An Intimate Look at Hip-Hop’s Jihad
6/23/2009 - First Flick Compatibility Quiz
6/23/2009 - The First Couple’s First Flick
6/22/2009 - The People, Again, Outpace Congress on Health Reform
6/22/2009 - DTRT@20 Trivia Game
6/22/2009 - POTUS to Hit (Maybe Racist, Maybe Backward) World Cup
6/22/2009 - What Blacks Can Learn From Iran
6/22/2009 - BREAKING: Supreme Court Exempts Texas District from Voting Rights Act
6/22/2009 - The Media Needs to Stop Fawning Over Obama
6/22/2009 - Me and Spike Lee Do the Right Thing
6/22/2009 - I Can't Wait To Quit This Job!
6/22/2009 - The Root's Do the Right Thing Trivia Challenge
6/22/2009 - Do the Right Thing Party Kit
6/22/2009 - Why Mookie Did the Wrong Thing
6/22/2009 - European Soccer’s Racist Present
6/22/2009 - The Music in Spike’s Message
6/21/2009 - Will You Read Books By Obama's Kin? And Other Lit-Related Questions
6/21/2009 - Black Men And Baseball
6/20/2009 - A Day For Fathers--and Father Figures
6/20/2009 - Quiet On Iran
6/19/2009 - Buggin' Out on DTRT's Haters
6/19/2009 - Obama Doesn't Care About Black Fathers
6/19/2009 - Black Immigrants Overrepresented in the Ivy League
6/19/2009 - No More Mr. Tough Guy
6/19/2009 - Happy Father's Day, But Let's Not Get Too Critical
6/19/2009 - Obama Logic Hit with a 10-Piece
6/19/2009 - Baby Boomer Retirement Plans Go Bust
6/19/2009 - Ayatollah Says Election Was Totally Legit
6/19/2009 - Is Minnesota Getting Ready to T-Off?
6/19/2009 - Fit Dad vs. Fat Dad
6/18/2009 - The Confab -- June 19, 2009
6/18/2009 - Happy Father's Day!
6/18/2009 - Apparently Suffering from Amnesia, Bush Criticizes Obama
6/18/2009 - Video: Affording Health Care
6/18/2009 - Um...WHAT? 1 in 4 South African Men Admit to Rape
6/18/2009 - Tarzan and His Sex Appeal On Exhibit in Paris
6/18/2009 - Not My Newports! Tobacco Bill Focuses on Menthol Cigarettes
6/18/2009 - Colin Powell: Minority Dropout Rate is a 'Catastrophe'
6/18/2009 - A Road Trip Worth Taking
6/18/2009 - Is Black Music Worth Celebrating?
6/18/2009 - Rasslin' Your Way To Happiness
6/17/2009 - Usher: Still Father of The Year?
6/17/2009 - Jada Hits Primetime
6/17/2009 - A Father's Right to Choose
6/17/2009 - Video: "You Can't Bring a Flaming Bag of Poop to the Table"
6/17/2009 - Video: Has War Been Declared on Chicago Teachers?
6/17/2009 - Slugger Sosa Failed '03 Drug Test
6/17/2009 - Scientists Say Global Warming Is Heating Up
6/17/2009 - Better than Nothing? Obama to OK Benefits for Same-Sex Partners
6/17/2009 - If the Bill Collector is Calling, Pick Up the Phone
6/17/2009 - Relax, Father’s Day Isn’t Mother’s Day
6/17/2009 - Troy Davis Must Not Be Executed
6/17/2009 - How I Paid Down $50K In Debt
6/16/2009 - About Your Crack Habit: Pull Those Pants UP!
6/16/2009 - Michelle Obama's Vegetable Stand--Now with Health Care Reform!
6/16/2009 - Video: Obama Clearly Salty about Iran but Doesn't Wanna Say
6/16/2009 - Video: Going Real Green -- Detoxing on a Raw Food Diet
6/16/2009 - Audio: Should the LAPD Be Taken Off Punishment?
6/16/2009 - Video: Reflections on South Africa
6/16/2009 - A Name to Know: Architect David Adjaye
6/16/2009 - Stallworth to Plead Guilty in DUI Manslaughter Case
6/16/2009 - Can Sermons Be Considered Hate Speech?
6/16/2009 - Reading List: The Daddy Edition
6/16/2009 - Iran to Recount Votes; Moussavi Wants Do-Over
6/16/2009 - Hope for a Credit Card Victim
6/16/2009 - What Single Women Can’t Learn From Michelle
6/16/2009 - How to Lose Your Saggy Skin
6/16/2009 - Chasing Craig
6/15/2009 - PHOTO ESSAY: The Evolution of Bed-Stuy
6/15/2009 - Stress Wins Out Over Health on Blacks' List of Concerns
6/15/2009 - Excerpt: Obama's Speech before AMA
6/15/2009 - A Ring on Every Finger
6/15/2009 - Video: Black Women and Reproductive Health
6/15/2009 - Obama Open to Keeping Docs from Getting Smacked Up
6/15/2009 - Quote, Unquote
6/15/2009 - Everyone is Giving Iran's Election the Side Eye
6/15/2009 - Video: GOP Activist Likens First Lady to Gorilla
6/15/2009 - Bleached Black Woman Tells All
6/15/2009 - Where’s the Pride in Pride Parades?
6/15/2009 - Ghetto Loans for 'Mud People'?
6/15/2009 - Who's Afraid of Bibi?
6/15/2009 - Can Your Friendships Survive The Economy?
6/14/2009 - Thanks So Much--I Hate It!
6/12/2009 - Bound Men
6/12/2009 - The Confab -- June 12, 2009
6/12/2009 - Quote, Unquote
6/12/2009 - Where’s the Magic?
6/12/2009 - Raising the Child of Your Rapist
6/12/2009 - Video: Remember Charles Hamilton? The Rapper Who Got Popped by his Girlfriend?
6/12/2009 - The Harlem That Was
6/12/2009 - Madonna: The Kid Collector
6/12/2009 - Of Course: Rev. Wright Blames Jews for Keeping Him from Obama
6/12/2009 - U.S. Government Wants to Control Cigarette Use
6/12/2009 - Video: The Oakland Dummy Chronicles
6/12/2009 - Black and Tan: African-American Novel Wins Irish Literature Prize
6/12/2009 - Trapped In The Closet
6/12/2009 - Key Figure in Burris Scandal Dies in Suspicious Car Crash
6/12/2009 - The Speed to Steal
6/12/2009 - Femi Kuti Live!
6/12/2009 - What Ever Happened to The Wiz?
6/11/2009 - The Heir Apparents: The Next Generation of Black Political Leaders
6/11/2009 - Video: Michael Eric Dyson Does Not Impress Some People
6/11/2009 - Video: The Sotomayor Tapes
6/11/2009 - Rushmore Drive to Drive No More
6/11/2009 - T-Pain: American Coon
6/11/2009 - Can You Still Have Your Dream Wedding?
6/11/2009 - Back to Basics: Obama Rallying Grass Roots on Health Care Reform
6/11/2009 - Holocaust Museum Shooter: Artist and Murderer
6/11/2009 - The Clashing of Black Public Intellectuals, Nothing New There
6/11/2009 - Don’t Racists Ever Get Tired?
6/11/2009 - Who You Callin' ‘Grown & Sexy’?
6/11/2009 - Loving in Alabama
6/10/2009 - Video: Forget Guantanamo
6/10/2009 - Is the Holocaust Museum Shooter One of Many?
6/10/2009 - The Politics of Obama's "Jump-Start" for the Economy
6/10/2009 - Two Shot at D.C. Holocaust Museum
6/10/2009 - Obamanomics Ignore Racial Inequity
6/10/2009 - Vick Told When he Needs to Have a Plan for Squaring his Tab
6/10/2009 - Video: Kanye West 'Heartless'
6/10/2009 - Short and Sweet: When and What You Say--And How
6/10/2009 - Video: T-Pain has a 7.5 Lb., 197-Karat Necklace and You Don't
6/10/2009 - Is Jewish the New Black?
6/10/2009 - Leaded Fuel: Nigerian Oil Station Set on Fire
6/10/2009 - *Sigh* 9-Year Old Boy Dies in Accidental Shooting
6/10/2009 - Hollywood Black Film Festival - The New Wave of Filmmakers
6/10/2009 - Did Newsweek Cross the Line?
6/10/2009 - Is Sotomayor Liberal Enough?
6/10/2009 - Forget Detroit—It’s Time to Bail Out Cali
6/10/2009 - Flip-Flops Are A Job Interview Don't
6/9/2009 - Supremes Rule: Justice Can’t Be Bought
6/9/2009 - New Jersey Teen Killed at a Block Party
6/9/2009 - Video: Physically Dominate People for a Cause!
6/9/2009 - Obama's Isms Schism
6/9/2009 - Chanequa Campbell Cries "Race"
6/9/2009 - Stuntin's NOT a Habit: Consumer Marketing in the Current Economy
6/9/2009 - Video: Hammer Pants Dance
6/9/2009 - Oh No, I Might Have To Work Now!
6/9/2009 - Harlem: New Squash Epicenter?
6/9/2009 - First Gitmo Detainee Arrives in States for Trial
6/9/2009 - Could Alabama Elect a Black Governor?
6/9/2009 - Dreading Your Family Reunion?
6/9/2009 - Cool, Refreshing Legislation for Philip Morris
6/8/2009 - When A Friend Is Seriously Ill
6/8/2009 - The Legacy of Loving
6/8/2009 - Obama to Ramp Up Stimulus Spending
6/8/2009 - Real Housewives of D.C.
6/8/2009 - Video: Jews in Israel Not Exactly Thrilled with Obama
6/8/2009 - Stanley Crouch Ethers Hip-Hop Again
6/8/2009 - DTRT@20: The Root's Wall of Fame
6/8/2009 - Speak Now, Or Forever Hold Your Crappy Health Coverage
6/8/2009 - DTRT@20 Pizza Logo
6/8/2009 - DTRT@20 Coasters
6/8/2009 - DTRT@20 The Dress Code
6/8/2009 - DTRT@20 Raheem's Radio
6/8/2009 - The Do The Right Thing Trivia Game
6/8/2009 - Who is Courtney Lee?
6/8/2009 - Did Shawn Carter Kill Auto-Tune?
6/8/2009 - The Do The Right Thing Compatibility Quiz
6/8/2009 - Video: Jersey Cop Continues Police Brutality Streak
6/8/2009 - The Complete 'Do The Right Thing' Party Kit
6/8/2009 - DJ Jazzy Jeff Booted Off Stage for...Playing Hip Hop?
6/8/2009 - Tanzania and the Killing of Albinos
6/8/2009 - Rev. Wright's Way: What Now?
6/8/2009 - Sprinting to Finish Line, VA Gubernatorial Hopefuls Court Black Vote
6/8/2009 - New Orleans Mayor Possibly Exposed to Swine Flu
6/8/2009 - What Single Women Can Learn From Michelle
6/8/2009 - Graduate and Get a Real J-O-B?
6/8/2009 - Working for The Man When You Are The Man
6/8/2009 - And Then A Hero Comes Along
6/5/2009 - Quote, Unquote
6/5/2009 - Lebron James: Sore Loser
6/5/2009 - Speaking the Language: Obama's Greeting at Cairo Sends Message
6/5/2009 - The Confab -- June 5, 2009
6/5/2009 - Actor David Carradine's Death not a Suicide
6/5/2009 - Video: American Sphinx? Obama Sees Self in Hieroglyph
6/5/2009 - Video: Kobe's Rape Accuser Kicks a Verse on YouTube?
6/5/2009 - The American Sphinx
6/5/2009 - First Lady Replaces Chief of Staff
6/5/2009 - Jobless Rate at 9.4%! Yay?
6/5/2009 - The WNBA Sells Itself or Its Soul?
6/5/2009 - It’s Only One Game. Yeah, Right!
6/5/2009 - Why Black People Need More Vitamin D
6/5/2009 - Going Brown For More Green
6/4/2009 - The Obamas Have a Real Marriage?
6/4/2009 - Journalist Thinks California Gays Need to Chill Out
6/4/2009 - Black Harvard Isn't Backing Chanequa Campbell's Play
6/4/2009 - No Hold(er)s Barred: AG Eric Holder Sits Down with Essence
6/4/2009 - Obama Gets "We Love You"s in Cairo
6/4/2009 - Going To The Chapel of Love (Not)
6/4/2009 - Shelter from the Storm: Housing Plans Announced for Katrina Victims
6/4/2009 - Rail Cop Admits Oakland Man Posed No Threat Before He was Shot
6/4/2009 - Connecticut Apologizes for Enslaving Blacks
6/4/2009 - Koko Taylor, Blues Legend, Dead at 80
6/4/2009 - Why We Need a Human Rights Commission
6/4/2009 - Obama Delivers "Real Talk" on Islam at Cairo University
6/4/2009 - How Video Made an Art World Star
6/4/2009 - Black Silence and the Abortion Debate
6/4/2009 - I’ve Got No Job, But I’m Having the Time of My Life
6/3/2009 - The Itchyfooted Melvin Van Peebles
6/3/2009 - Harvard Student Won't Graduate as Murder Investigation Continues
6/3/2009 - De La Soul, 20 Years On
6/3/2009 - $300,000: The Price Brandy Paid for Killing Someone's Mom
6/3/2009 - Brooklyn Kids Lend a Hand in South Africa
6/3/2009 - Obama’s Cairo Two-Step
6/3/2009 - Bruno and His Black Baby in Box
6/3/2009 - Auto-Tune Anyone? T-Wayne Album Almost Complete
6/3/2009 - Nancy and Barry Share a Moment
6/3/2009 - Obama Has Tough Row to Hoe in Middle East
6/3/2009 - Georgia DA in a bind over Death Row Case
6/3/2009 - LeBron Might Get Wrist Slapped by Commish for Being a Brat
6/3/2009 - Life in Prison for Pregnant Drug Smuggler
6/3/2009 - Obama Declares June LGBT Pride Month
6/3/2009 - On Screen & In the Pulpit
6/3/2009 - Is The Game Over for Black Television?
6/3/2009 - Why Does CNN Want to be MTV?
6/3/2009 - Is The Economy Causing Us To Get Fatter?
6/2/2009 - Obama Took On Jeremiah Wright—But So What?
6/2/2009 - Ma Ma Se, Ma Ma Sa, Ma Ma Coo Sa! King of Pop to Open Casino
6/2/2009 - The Bump Heard ‘Round the World
6/2/2009 - Presidents Move in Silence
6/2/2009 - Guess Who's Coming To (Your Wedding) Dinner?
6/2/2009 - Kanye, Prince or Barack: Who's Head Blipster in Chief?
6/2/2009 - Video: Man Thwarts Robbery by Shooting Teen, then Shoots Him Five More Times
6/2/2009 - Roland Martin: As Seen On TV
6/2/2009 - Ivan Van Sertima: Historian or Dreamer
6/2/2009 - I'm Almost 50 & Looking For An Internship
6/2/2009 - Video: President Obama Has More G than You
6/2/2009 - Eminem Willing to Suffer for his Art
6/2/2009 - Israeli PM and President Obama No Longer Following Each Other's Tweets
6/2/2009 - 15% of Black Folks Are Not Employed
6/2/2009 - Plastic Flashback
6/2/2009 - Enough With the Princesses!
6/2/2009 - Why Race Won't Go Away for Sotomayor
6/1/2009 - Ted Kennedy to the Health Reform Rescue
6/1/2009 - Space: So Post-Black There Aren't Blacks at All
6/1/2009 - White House Art That's Come and Gone
6/1/2009 - Air France Jet Disappears Over Atlantic
6/1/2009 - Video: Oklahoma Cops Might Not Respect Black Public Servants Either
6/1/2009 - GM Bankruptcy is Killing Us Softly
6/1/2009 - Anita Hill Speaks on Sotomayor
6/1/2009 - Here Comes The Bride, All Dressed In.....What?
6/1/2009 - GM Files for Chapter 11
6/1/2009 - Spike Lee Blasts a Hole into Tyler Perry
6/1/2009 - Hope For Haiti, Really
6/1/2009 - Poetic Injustice
6/1/2009 - Help! I Don’t Think I Can Do It Alone