- Robert E. Pierre
- The Root DC
Writes about politics and culture in once-a-week column and on the The Root DC Live blog.
Remembering a colleague
COLUMN | As I listened to a memorial service for Darlene Meyer I realized I never once pondered her life outside the walls of The Post.
Redtails: hoping for a box office hit
Rejected by Hollywood, here’s hoping that Redtails, a movie about honoring the Tuskegee airmen makes a big splash at the box office.
Rick Santorum singles out black people
Presidential candidate Rick Santorum said he didn’t want to make black people’s lives better at an Iowa campaign event.
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