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Blacks Get Weave; Whites and Locks?
Race Manners: You can, but it's not the same. Don't expect to enjoy the style without the scrutiny.
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America: More Diverse yet Less Equal?
A decline in white births comes at a time when two key civil rights programs may be dismantled.
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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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Bradley Manning Needs a Plea Deal -- Not Life in Jail
Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson argues that Army Pfc. Bradley Manning deserves to be punished, but the U.S. government is going overboard.
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Maintaining My Natural Hair Has Taken Over My Life!
In a piece for xoJane.com, Janday Wilson talks about the trials and tribulations of perfecting her curls.
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Why I Am Not a 'Strong Black Woman'
Clutch magazine's Jamilah Lemieux explains why we should "call the NAACP" and "have another word funeral."
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I Went to an HBCU to Experience Being a Minority
A white Howard student explains a choice of college that many dismissed as a joke and others wondered whether she could handle.
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What Lautenberg's Death Means for Cory Booker
"It's going to be a little more difficult or a lot more difficult" for the Newark, N.J., mayor if he wants to run for the Senate, says one expert.
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Quote of the Day: Garvey on Our Ancestors
The black nationalist leader on what lessons we should pass on to our descendants.
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George Zimmerman Will Go on Trial, Not Trayvon Martin
The Huffington Post's Mark I. Pinsky is dishing out legal analysis about the George Zimmerman defense team's attempt to make use of Trayvon Martin's past bouts with marijuana use and fighting.
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Michael Steele and Reince Preibus Judged by Different Standards
In a piece for Ebony, Michael Arceneaux sheds light on former Chairman of the Republican National Committee Michael Steele's problem with his successor. Apparently Priebus is getting breaks that eluded Steele.
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