WASHINGTON — It’s easy to think that little will change if Republicans win the Senate. They won’t have a filibuster-proof majority. The place is a sinkhole of inaction. Democratic leader Harry Reid and Republican leader Mitch McConnell are withered peas in a pod. Torpor will reign, right? Wrong. The numbers and images are deceiving. A […]
Comedian Michael Che made his Saturday Night Live debut this weekend, joining the popular Weekend Update segment as a co-anchor alongside Colin Jost. Che may have flubbed a line or two in his first appearance on the show, but he earned a fair share of laughs with some solid punchlines, hitting on topics ranging from […]
Steve Harvey is getting real with Oprah during the season premiere of the Emmy-award winning series, Oprah’s Lifeclass, on OWN. Oprah and Steve have an eye-opening and inspirational conversation about the keys to success. Coming back this fall with an all-new season of his nationally-syndicated Steve Harvey Show, Harvey doles out practical advice in his […]
“Ravens owner Steve Bisciotti better not be lying. He left himself open to be put in the same class as former Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling on Monday after a nearly 50-minute press conference in which he disputed a recently published report by ESPN challenging the integrity of his franchise. Bisciotti was what you […]
“We need others.” That statement is one we often hear. It’s a true statement, but we often don’t think about what it means. It means we need people to do life with, people to help us, people for us to help, and people that can be honest and open with us. We all need people […]
Chicago will not name a high school after President Obama, as previously announced. Two sources confirmed to The Daily News that the Chicago Board of Education has quietly decided to not go ahead with plans for the name of a new so-called selective enrollment public high school on the city’s predominantly white North Side. The […]
This prayer for the day is a perfect way to start each day, asking for God’s guidance throughout morning, noon, and night. For Catholics and many other Christians, prayer is the only way to ensure a day will go well! Lord, May all that we do this day, from morning until night, begin with your […]
Journalist Mark Whitaker, author of the new book Cosby: His Life and Times, talks with The Root Editor-in-Chief Henry Louis Gates Jr. in a wide-ranging interview. Whitaker says comedian Bill Cosby became an accidental role model for him at a critical point in his childhood after his father left his family. He recalls embarking on […]
To borrow some popular lingo, Christian rapper Lecrae is blowing up. His latest album, Anomaly, topped iTunes on the day it was released and took the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Top 200—a first for a Gospel act. On Thursday, Lecrae will become the first from the resurgent ranks of Reformed rappers to appear […]
We know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him. I John 4:16 My Lord, forbid that I should want to live to be known only for power and pride. Help me to strive for that which is helpful and […]