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Shirley Sherrod, the Media and Conservative Fantasies
For right-wingers who seek to prove that black people are angry and racist, the now-famous videotape seemed like a dream come true. Unfortunately, the news media pretended it was journalism.
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Serena Williams, Big Butts and the Painful Path to Self-Love
There's more to life than having a ''sugar bum bum.'' Body parts should never go in -- or out -- of style.
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Less Leslie: Khaliah Ali's New Perspective on Health
She says she went from the big-boned child of Muhammad Ali ... to well over 200 pounds. How she's putting a stop to unhealthy habits now.
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Blogging the Beltway: Vilsack Apologizes to Sherrod
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, who fired USDA employee Shirley Sherrod on Monday after being duped into believing she gave a racist speech, apologized for his actions and said that he's offered Sherrod a new position.
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Between Truths and Indulgences
Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka on Africa's role in the slave trade and its consequences.
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GALLERY: Race-Bending Beauty Practices
Vaseline's new skin-lightening Facebook app is just the latest of many beauty practices that blur the lines between ethnicities. Some use them to conform to the dominant beauty standard; others to flout convention. The Root takes look at these practices through the many stars who have indulged in them.
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What the U.S. Supreme Court Did to Us This Year
Key decisions by the nation's highest court eroded our constitutional protections of free speech and equal justice in ways that could have a great impact on the most vulnerable.
Shirley Sherrod, Hypocrisy and Political Expediency
A friend takes a look at the real Shirley Sherrod.
Can Financial Reform Narrow the White-Black Wealth Gap?
The passage of banking reform by Congress promises greater protection for consumers against predatory practices. But there's much more needed to address the historic imbalance, says one economic expert.
New York's Useless Stop-and-Harass Policy
Blanketing minority communities, the Big Apple's "random" stops only increase hostility and risk for black and Hispanic New Yorkers.
