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The Root 100 2010
Each year Root selects 100 people who they believe represent the ideals of The Root. Move your mouse over the thumbnails or click on them to learn more.
October 3, 2010
ABC/Extreme Makeover Home Edition does something great for the girls in Baltimore
September 29, 2010
EXTREME MAKEOVER: HOME EDITION IS IN MAPLE HTS OHIO
September 22, 2010
For former (African American) spies Steven and Samantha Bloom (played by Boris Kodjoe and Gugu Mbatha-Raw) lives hang in the balance when they rejoin the CIA to rekindle their relationship. This spy drama proves that marriage is still the world's most dangerous partnership.
,Read about the show .... http://www.nbc.com/undercovers/about/
Watch the full pilot episode at:http://www.nbc.com/undercovers/video/pilot/1250721
August 26, 2010
HOW THE STIMULUS IS CHANGING AMERICA BY MICHAEL GRUNWALD
July 21, 2010
RACHEL MADDOW CALLS OUT POLITICAL AND MEDIA RIGHT WING FEAR MONGERS over Shirley Sherrod story
April 30, 2010
Eurocentrism Reigns Supreme: Arizona Bans Ethnic Studies
April 29, 2010
Washington Honors Dorothy Height
April 3, 2010
President Obama's Easter Address
April 2, 2010
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March 23, 2010
President Obama signs historic Health Insurance Reform bill
March 21, 2010
House passes health-care reform bill without Republican votes
February 12, 2010
Amid Massive Earthquake, Haiti Relocates Homeless Victims
By The Associated Press
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- Haitians are fleeing their quake-ravaged capital by the hundreds of thousands, aid officials said Friday, as their government promised to help nearly a half-million more move from squalid camps on curbsides and vacant lots into safer, cleaner tent cities.
Aid officials said some 200,000 people have crammed into buses, nearly swamped ferries and set out even on foot to escape the ruined capital. For those who stay, foreign engineers have started leveling land on the fringes of the city for tent cities, supposedly temporary, that are meant to house 400,000 people.
The goal is to halt the spread of disease at hundreds of impromptu settlements that have no water and no place for sewage. Homeless families have erected tarps and tents, cardboard and scrap as shelter from the sun, but they will be useless once the summer rainy season hits.
The new camps "are going to be going to places where they will have at least some adequate facilities," Fritz Longchamp, chief of staff to President Rene Preval, told The Associated Press on Thursday.
Rescue crews began abandoning hope of finding the final survivors of the magnitude-7.0 quake on Jan. 12. Thursday apparently was the first day since the earthquake that saw no successful rescues from the rubble.
Armies of foreign aid donors, instead, turned their attention to expanding their pipeline of food, water and medical care for survivors.
With extensive swaths of Port-au-Prince in ruins, more than 500 makeshift settlements with a population of about 472,000 are now scattered around the capital, said Jean-Philippe Chauzy, spokesman for the U.N.'s International Organization for Migration.
Longchamp said he expects buses to start moving quake refugees to the first of the planned camps by the end of the month, but aid agencies were cautious about that timetable.
"These settlements cannot be built overnight. There are standards that have to be designed by experts. There is the leveling of the land, procurement and delivery of tents, as well as water and sanitation," said Vincent Houver, the IOM's mission chief in Haiti.
The move will be voluntary and temporary, according to Elisabeth Byrs, the spokeswoman for the U.N.'s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Geneva.
"It's to help them in a first move. After, the people will decide if they want to stay," she said.
Many people are just trying to get out of the capital, often back to the farms or provincial homes of their parents or relatives.
The U.S. Agency for International Development said Friday that as many as 200,000 Haitians have fled the capital and many more are trying to do so.
Computer teacher Daniel Dukenson walked across the capital and caught a bus to take his family from their collapsed home in a slum to crowd in with a cousin in the seaside town of St. Marc, a two-hour journey away.
"I'd like to go back, but it's going to take a lot of time for Port-au-Prince to get back on its feet. Two years, maybe," the 28-year-old told The Associated Press by telephone. He said he hopes to make a living teaching English.
A USAID report suggests that at least 100,000 people have fled to Gonaives, a city of about 280,000 that itself is still recovering from back-to-back hurricanes in 2008.
The flight from Port-au-Prince is a reversal of decades of migration out of a countryside where deforestation and erosion have impoverished the land.
Still others have tried to flee abroad. The U.S. Embassy on Friday turned away hundreds of people seeking a trip out on the planes that have dropped off aid. Scores of U.S. citizens were given passes, but many were told officials were overwhelmed and they would have to return later.
Haiti's government estimates the Jan. 12 quake killed 200,000 people, as reported by the European Commission. It said 250,000 people were injured and 2 million homeless in the nation of 9 million. Others offer smaller estimates.
The disaster has prompted what the Red Cross calls the greatest deployment of emergency responders in its 91-year history. Nations around the world have offered what they can: more than $500 million from European nations, money even from impoverished Chad and Congo, and a ton of tea from Sri Lanka.
The U.N.'s World Food Program said it has distributed more than 1.4 million food rations - each with three meals, and has a fleet of trucks bringing food and supplies from the Dominican Republic.
"We are planning to flood the country with food," Myrta Kaulard, the agency's Haiti director, told the AP.
To speed that flood, the U.S. Army, Navy and Coast Guard are trying to patch up the Haitian capital's only functional industrial pier, which is key to getting in large aid shipments as well as to Haiti's long-term recovery.
Only four ships have been able to dock at the pier, where 15-inch-wide (40-centimeter-wide) cracks make it risky to let more than one truck work at a time. The port's cranes are now destroyed or tip dangerously, and damage is so extensive that military officials say they don't know how long it will take before ships can dock and unload in large quantities.
"I wouldn't even ask my workers to risk it. I don't trust it," said Georges Jeager Junior, a businessman who plans to shift his port operations to Cap Haitien, the country's remote second city far to the north, at least 12 hours overland on horrendous roads from the capital. Jeager Junior said that means prices will soar.
Damage at another port are limiting fuel shipments. No tanker has been able to land since the quake at the country's badly damaged main oil terminal, on the edge of Haiti's most dangerous slum. That has forced gas stations to depend on tankers driving in from the neighboring Dominican Republic.
On the waterfront Thursday, sporadic rounds of gunfire echoed from the nearby downtown commercial area. Scavengers continued to rampage through collapsed and burning shops even though U.S. troops were patrolling.
At a building in the Carrefour neighborhood, where the multi-faith Eagle Wings Foundation of West Palm Beach, Florida, planned to distribute food, stick-wielding quake victims from a nearby tent camp stormed the stores and made off with what the charity's Rev. Robert Nelson said were 50 tons of rice, oil, dried beans and salt. Fights broke out as others stole food from the looters.
At the south of Haiti's main bay, near the earthquake's epicenter, the U.S. Navy and Coast Guard set up a triage center amid the rusting motorboats, with dozens of military doctors treating the most urgent casualties on the lawn.
"The injured seem to just keep showing up," said Navy Lt. Cmdr. Chris Worth. "We've been working from dawn to dusk since getting here."
Emergency medical centers almost everywhere were swamped with patients critically injured by the quake. There were dire shortages of surgeons, nurses, medicines and medical tools.
Doctors said patients were dying of sepsis from untreated wounds.
"A large number of those coming here are having to have amputations, since their wounds are so infected," said Brynjulf Ystgaard, a Norwegian surgeon at a Red Cross field hospital.
January 30, 2010
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November 25, 2009
Short Handbook, How to Deal With White People, Gives Voice to Race Related Concerns
New Book Launches Offering Pointers for Day-to-Day Interactions with Whites While Encouraging People of Color to Share Experiences
Los Angeles, CA (BlackNews.com) - How To Deal With White People by author David Goldberg is intended to serve as a reference guide to assist non-whites in their relations with Caucasians.
Goldberg insists that people of color have the right to express their grievances with whites and that there are still some rough patches along the course to smoothing out race relations. Originally indifferent, Goldberg reconsidered his opinion as modern racism continued to rear its head in the form of noose displays and death threats against the president.
"There's no better time than now for people of color to discuss how they really feel about bigotry," Goldberg says. "Everyday something racist is exposed. It's time that non-whites openly discuss this to bring about real change."
The book blends a straightforward, clear and easy-to-read approach with humor and various scenarios paired with solutions.
How To Deal With White People is released through Walking Bulls Printing Press and is available at www.dealwithwhites.com, Amazon.com and other channels.
Walking Bulls Printing Press was founded to provide consumers with short, easy-to-read yet impacting and informative non-fiction.
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November 25, 2009
Black Power Has Arrived... With Some New Challenges
By JESSE WASHINGTON
AP National Writer
November 18, 2009
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New Program Launches to Help Save Lives of African Americans Be The Match and Historically Black Colleges and Universities Partner to Increase Number of African American Marrow Donors Minneapolis, MN (BlackNews.com) - Be The Match® and several leading Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) are partnering to save lives. Today, they launched Say It Loud! Save Lives and Be Proud!, a program that will raise awareness on HBCU campuses about the pressing need for African American marrow donors. To help improve the chances that African Americans in need of a transplant can find a matched donor, the Say It Loud! Save Lives and Be Proud! program will engage HBCU communities through public awareness efforts and donor registry drives, where students can join the Be The Match Registry(SM) as potential marrow donors. Student volunteers will help educate and spread the word about marrow donation throughout their campuses. Thousands of patients could be saved by a marrow transplant. For many patients with life-threatening diseases such as leukemia, lymphoma or sickle cell anemia, a marrow transplant from an unrelated donor is their best or only hope for a cure. These patients depend on the Be The Match Registry to find a match. Patients are more likely to match a donor from their own race or ethnicity, yet out of a registry of millions, less than 10 percent are African American. Finding a matched donor can also be challenging because African Americans are more genetically diverse. Central to the program is the Say It Loud! Save Lives and Be Proud! Web site, www.hbcu.bethematch.org. The site features the stories of patients and African Americans who have saved lives through donating marrow. Blogs, video, networking, and other features will provide information about the program and marrow donation. The network can be accessed by all HBCU students, alums, staff and faculty. "Say It Loud! Be Proud and Save Lives! is a prime example of how lives can change when people rally around a worthy cause," said Congressional Black Caucus Member and home state representative for the National Marrow Donor Program, U.S. Congressman Keith Ellison (D-Minn.). "I'm proud to support the work of Be The Match and am excited to see how many lives are saved -- especially related to the great need of more African American donors -- by the work done on HBCU campuses across the country." One supporter knows firsthand how important it is for more people, especially African Americans, to register to be a marrow donor. Ashante Sloan, an HBCU alumna of Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, was diagnosed with aplastic anemia in 2008 and needed an unrelated marrow transplant to survive. Sloan's doctors were able to find a donor on the Be The Match Registry, operated by the National Marrow Donor Program® (NMDP), and she recently received her transplant. Now, Ashante is sharing her story with others on the Say It Loud! Save Lives and Be Proud! Web site, www.hbcu.bethematch.org The program is building on the success of an effort to raise awareness on HBCU campuses. To date, several HBCU students and alumni, including graduates from Claflin and Shaw Universities, have already answered the call and donated marrow to extend the lives of patients in need. "We are excited about the students' enthusiasm and value their support in creating this program -- everything from selecting the name to supporting the launch," said Barry Huff, vice president, marketing and communications for the NMDP. "We believe by targeting individuals at the grassroots level on campus and in the community we will better inform, engage and motivate students, administrators and the community at large to join or support the Be The Match Registry, giving more patients a second chance at life."
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November 18, 2009
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New Film and Book Launches to Help Kill the "N" Word Murfreesboro, TN (BlackNews.com) - Throughout our nation, many argue that character deficiency is prevalent today amongst African-Americans because of old habits handed down by their ancestors. Author, actor and screenwriter Sonny Fishback has set out to expose these habits with hopes of rehabilitation occurring throughout our nation. With his new film and book entitled, Plant a New Seed, Sonny aspires to help minorities understand that the perpetuated cycle of ancestral negative habits must be uprooted and a new seed must be planted. This new seed will provide hope and enlightenment as it illuminates the minds of Americans who need to recognize that there is power in the words they speak. As stated by Sonny, "America! Did you know that we must plant a new seed of new language if we are to survive?" In the new film and book, Plant a New Seed, Sonny addresses how the word "nigga" is more than just a word. Throughout our communities, African-American youth believe this term is acceptable and appropriate; however, Sonny believes the word "nigga" is destroying our generation. Sonny states, "African-Americans hold the key to the future but they don't use it. Many use the word "nigga" to be sociable but they are really destroying each other. The spirit of the word "nigga" is annihilating us. The more you say it the more it comes alive." Sonny believes the word was beaten into African-Americans since slavery. Moreover, Sonny claims that the usage of the term has become a major hereditary issue. Within the chapters of the book and film, there are valid, supported premises like these that are sure to provide insightful revelation in an attempt to permanently eliminate the "N" word. As Al Sharpton stated, "Like Sonny said, 'we gotta plant a new seed'!" Sonny Fishback's new film and book, Plant a New Seed are currently available online at www.killnword.com. Sonny's bio, a trailer for the film and other viable information are accessible on the website. This film and book are valuable tools that can be utilized to help transform the thinking of many Americans. Visit the website, roll up your sleeves and prepare to help Sonny Fishback, Plant a New Seed! |
November 18, 2009
Steptoe Group, LLC Launches Warrior-Centric Healthcare Training Curriculum
November 2009
First Lady Launches White House Mentoring Program
November 14, 2009
Black Writers Reunion & Conference 2010 Atlanta
CALL FOR SESSION PROPOSALS
Black Writers Reunion & Conference is accepting proposals for workshops and seminars on the craft and business of writing to be presented at the 6th BWRC in Atlanta, Georgia, June 23-26, 2010. We invite presentations that demonstrate insight and expertise on the craft and business of fiction, nonfiction, writing for the web, songwriting, blogging for profit, play/screenwriting, food writing, copy writing, and inspirational writing with interactive workshops that will allow participants to engage in hands-on writing or related activities wherever possible. We also welcome sessions that would permit attendees to receive feedback on their work, whether during or following the conference. Workshop styles may range from a modified traditional presentation to skill-building training. Proposals will be evaluated on the following:
* A well-defined topic with focused objectives
* Consistency with and significance to the conference emphasis areas
* Presenter credibility and experience to engage the audience and deliver an outstanding and informative workshop
For more information, download the Call for Session Proposals in Microsoft Word and Adobe PDF format below. Please feel welcome to include with your submission any handouts or other accompanying materials that will aid us in evaluating your session for appropriateness for this program.
Call for 2010 Workshop Proposals (Word)
http://www.blackwri ters.org/ ccount/click. php?id=43
Call for 2010 Workshop Proposals (PDF)
http://www.blackwri ters.org/ ccount/click. php?id=44
October 28, 2009
