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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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10 Pieces of Advice for Postcollege Life
She Matters: This writer wishes someone had told her these things at her commencement.
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Celebrating Race in the Renaissance
Image of the Week: What's the meaning behind this 16th-century cameo featuring a black and a white face?
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IRS Apology for Tea Party Racists?
If any other group called for the government's demise, the GOP would have a fit.
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Black Lawmakers Break New Ground
Despite a blackout in the Senate, some black lawmakers made history on Election Day.
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Proposition 19 Headed Toward Defeat
It looks as if the chronic won't be getting the stamp of approval.
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Blackout: No African Americans in Next U.S. Senate
Despite setback, Alabama will send its first African-American woman to Congress.
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Poll: Kamala Harris Leading Opponent by 1 Percentage Point
It looks as if this race may be closer than people expected.
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Exit Poll: 4 out of 10 Voters Support the Tea Party Movement
Surprise, surprise, they're also fed up with Obama.
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Andrew Breitbart 'Disinvited' From ABC News Coverage
Friends don't let friends hire Andrew Breitbart.
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Bishop Eddie Long Finally Responds to Lawsuits
The embattled bishop denies allegations just before Election Day.
