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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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Community Adopts 45 Liberian Children
A mother was moved to take in orphans she saw at a concert. But she also inspired those around her.
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More Nat'l Geographic First Lady Jokes: School Board Member Fired
If this is what "no intention to be inappropriate looks like," we'd hate to see Herb DeGroft's more offensive messages.
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Oprah Gets an Honorary Degree From Harvard
"There's a common denominator in our experience: We want to be validated," the media mogul told the graduates.
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Cheerios Ad Brings Out All the Racists
Responses to the commercial included references to Nazis, "troglodytes" and "racial genocide."
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N--gers and Redskins: Same Thing?
We should be just as outraged by both racial slurs, says one sports columnist.
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Affordable Care Act: 'Colorblind' Policy and Bigoted Effects
The Atlantic's Ta-Nehisi Coates examines the implementation of the ACA and explains why the "lift all boats" policy often falls short.
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The Never-Ending War on Eric Holder
Writing at the Huffington Post, Earl Ofari Hutchinson says that the attorney general is "an all-purpose tool in the GOP's relentless drive to mark Obama as a failed president."
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Am I Too Successful to Date?
In her xoJane piece chronicling her online dating adventures, India-Jewel Jackson muses about why she just might be a bad fit for Match.com.
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14-Year-Old Tackled, Choked for Giving Police 'Dehumanizing Stare'
Police say the teen was exhibiting threatening "body language," including "clenched fists." He says he was holding a puppy.
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Meet America's Oldest World War II Veteran
Richard Overton is 107, smokes up to 12 cigars a day and puts whiskey in his coffee.
