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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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Which Slave Sailed Himself to Freedom?
100 Amazing Facts About the Negro: Life took him from a daring sea escape to a stint in Congress.
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I'm Creole. Why Do I Have South Asian DNA?
Tracing Your Roots: Several reasons could explain a questioner's surprising genetic testing results.
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School a Beacon of Hope in Nigeria
At a university in Yola, graduates offer a glimpse of a promising future in a strife-torn region.
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How a 'Proud' Lesbian Became a Pol's Wife
She made the transition "by letting myself be as free as I felt when I went natural," Chirlane McCray told Essence magazine.
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Serena Williams Responds to Sloane Stephens
Williams says Stephens "can be the best in the world."
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Ramsey: Criminal Past 'Helped Me Become the Man I Am'
He not only admits to the domestic violence but links it directly to his efforts to rescue three Cleveland women.
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Reading, Writing and Rape: Sexual Assaults on Campus Must End
In a piece for BlackAmericaWeb, Tom Joyner says that these drug- and alcohol-fueled incidents have gone too far, and parents need to step in and drill into children's heads that sexual violence is never OK.
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An Open Letter to Charles Ramsey
Before the domestic violence reports surfaced, Eris Zion Venia Dyson analyzed the now-fallen Internet star's racial insights at the For Harriet blog.
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Student-Loan Debt: Time to Get Serious
Writing at the Huffington Post, Rep. Karen Bass makes the case for a comprehensive fix to the student-loan debt crisis. For one thing, student-loan interest rates will double on July 1 from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent.
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Report: Charles Ramsey Repeat Domestic Abuser
According to the Smoking Gun, he served jail time for assaulting his wife on more than one occasion.
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The Onion on Chris Beating Rihanna: Offensive or Funny?
Clearly, abuse is no laughing matter. But is it that bad to make a joke at the expense of the perpetrator?
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Ramsey: I'm American and a Human Being
The Cleveland man celebrated for discovering missing teens doesn't want to be called a hero.

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