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How Did Vikings End Up in My Family Tree?
Tracing Your Roots: A black reader wonders about a DNA test that turned up Orcadian roots.
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What Was the Double V Campaign?
100 Amazing Facts About the Negro: A paper's call for blacks to support the WWII effort had a twist.
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Old-School Tips for Better Finances
Mixing Dad's advice with sound financial planning can help us regain stability.
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My Man Wants Me to Drop My Male Bestie
Ask Demetria: A suddenly insecure boyfriend may mean that something's changed in your relationship.
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On Listening to 'New Slaves' With White People
Writing at Noisey, Ernest Baker explains why, although he thinks Kanye West's new single is "27 times better if you're black," he hopes that white listeners will attempt to understand its message.
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Obama Can't Win With Some Black Critics
Washington Post columnist Jonathan Capehart says that what's missing from most African-American critiques of President Obama is an appreciation for Republican resistance to his agenda.
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Why the Scandals Aren't Touching Obama's Approval Rating
MSNBC's Evan Puschak looks at theories about why the president's approval has gone untouched despite government scandals.
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GOP Candidate: Three-Fifths Clause Was 'Anti-Slavery'
This is the latest from Virginia's Republican lieutenant governor nominee E.W. Jackson.
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Chief Keef Arrested Again
The 17-year-old rapper was charged with one misdemeanor count of disorderly conduct for smoking marijuana in a hotel room.
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Tornado Victim Identified: Ja'Nae Hornsby
The 9-year-old was one of seven children killed at Moore, Okla.'s Plaza Towers Elementary School in Monday's disaster.
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Obama Administration Mistakes Journalism for Espionage
The Washington Post's Eugene Robinson gives perspective on the Associated Press scandal.
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The Obamas' Tough Talk to Black Grads
Kai Wright gives his take at Colorlines on the controversial angle of last weekend's high-profile commencement addresses.
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Kanye West, 'New Slaves' and Hypocrisy
Ernest Owens rips into the rapper's new single at the Huffington Post, lamenting that West knows more than other rappers, yet "does nothing to fix the problem."
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