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Soyinka on 'Obscene' Push for Achebe Nobel
A Nigerian Nobel laureate wants fans of the late fellow writer to table calls for a posthumous prize.
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Child-Support Laws: A Boon for Gold Diggers?
Experts say that flaws in the system punish poor parents and motivate others to have kids for money.
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Doggie Racism Is Real! Here's How to Deal
Race Manners: Maybe your friends' pets are doing you a favor? At least now your social circle can't ignore race.
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What Black High School Grads Need to Hear
Show Me the Numbers: Graduation speakers often opt for tough love. Here's what they should say instead.
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Photo: And He Thought His Air Force One Jacket Was Cool
Until Dr. Joseph Medicine Crow - High Bird came and stunted on him at the Presidential Medal of Freedom ceremony yesterday...
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Money in the Bank: The Big Business of Torture
As you're probably aware, the government will pay top dollar to build prisons you're not supposed to know about...
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Suspect Apprehended in Vernon Forrest Murder
Charman Sinkfield was picked up by US marshals on the interstate wearing a dreadlock wig...
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Anti-Prop 8 Legislation Moved to 2012 Ballot
Some wanted it on the ballot as soon as 2010, but the leaders from Equality California put the kibosh on that...
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Ex-Nebraska Star Lawrence Phillips Faces Up to 25 Years in Prison
With all the health care "debate," you might forgot some Black folks can be crazy as well...
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Women of the Ivy Persuasion Get Offers for Eggs
Jennifer Anyaegbunam writes that a joke among cash-strapped co-eds of the Ancient Eight is considered a very lucrative business with real medical risks...
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Racists Stay Classy with Georgia Rep. David Scott
Why break a sweat over being civil when you can just spraypaint a swastika on something?..
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Clinton Tries Telling Nigeria What to Do
Secretary Clinton on Wednesday urged oil-rich Nigeria to embrace broad political reform and ease tensions that have led to sectarian violence and disrupted energy production in the Niger Delta...
