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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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Kermit Gosnell Found Guilty
The Philadelphia abortion doctor has been convicted on three counts of first-degree murder and one count of involuntary manslaughter.
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High School 'White Girls Club' Sent to Counseling
"What we can address and attempt to control is how that behavior affects our school climate and culture," said the New Jersey school superintendent.
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O.J. Back in Court to Ask for New Trial
Simpson will argue that he was inadequately represented at his 2008 trial for armed robbery and kidnapping.
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19 Injured in New Orleans Shooting
At least two children were among those shot when gunmen opened fire during a Mother's Day parade.
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Malcolm Shabazz: A Life Cut Short
Jelani Cobb writes in the New Yorker that Malcolm Shabazz, who died last week in Mexico, was a young man still defining his place amid a looming legacy.
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No 2nd-Class Families
The plights of African Americans and immigrants in America aren't so different, and NAACP leader Benjamin Todd Jealous writes on the Huffington Post that blacks should support the universal struggle for equality.
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Memory of My Absent Dad Pushed My Single Mother
Raised by her single mother, Sharda Sekaran reflects in a piece for Ebony.com on how her absent father's legacy of intelligence pushed her mother to push her.
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Watch This: Kid President Wishes All a Happy Mother's Day
The adorable Internet star tells moms that they're loved.
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