Cord Jefferson

Staff Writer, TheRoot.com

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Staff writer for TheRoot.com, a daily online magazine on black politics and culture published by the Washington Post

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Writer-director Cord Jefferson joins “The Treatment” to break down his multi-Oscar-nominated, feature film debut “American Fiction.”

Cord Jefferson’s ‘American Fiction’ examines a wild fumble for creative freedom

Writer-director Cord Jefferson joins “The Treatment” to break down his multi-Oscar-nominated, feature film debut “American Fiction.”

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In Tuesday's primary, South Carolina Democrats nominated a candidate for the US Senate who did no campaigning and spent no money apart from the $10,400 filing fee.  Alvin Greene, a…

How Did Alvin Do It?

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