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Bill Clinton Needs to Shut Up
The ex-president's willingness to speak out on Syria spells disaster for Obama in more ways than one.
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Alabama County May Change Voting Rights
Shelby, which is challenging Section 5, has changed, but voter advocates say work is still needed.
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Educated Black Women Do Find Husbands
She Matters: A revived story sparks an age-old debate about going to college versus getting married.
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Da Vinci's Patron -- as a Black Man?
Image of the Week: This 15th-century piece depicts an Italian duke as the embodiment of his nickname, "The Moor."
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Read/React: Have We Been Bamboozled by Obama?
Dayo Olopade of The Root and Michelle Goldberg of The American Prospect tackle this question on Bloggingheads...
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So...You Want a Do-Over, Mr. Sowell?
Suspected Cleveland serial killer Anthony Sowell intially pleaded guilty by reason of insanity...
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Steele to In-Party Critics: Shut Up, Stupidheads
In a radio interview, Michael Steele puts his shoe in his critics within the Republican Party...
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Read/React: Dick Cheney's Two Cents
Dick Cheney has a message on national security...
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Michael Jackson's Funeral Nominated for NAACP Image Award
If you're waiting for a punchline, it's not coming...
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Gilbert Arenas Suspended Indefinitely
And something of a gun enthusiast, which isn't sitting well with the NBA...
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The '10 Census...1910 Census
The 2010 Census Board says they included "Negro" on the form because some people still identify that way...
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Tavis Smiley Ends State of the Black Union Conference
Black presidencies and bloggers started cramping Smiley's style...
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Venus Wept: Booty Pop Panties
If history's shown us anything, it's that curves on a woman are always appreciated...
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The Anti-Gay Conference of Uganda is...Something
Some people really don't have anything better to do...
