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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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Affirmations by Kanye: 8 Most Egotistical Quotes
Feeling down on yourself? Look in the mirror and repeat after West: "I am so credible and so influential and so relevant that I will change things."
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Why Hiding a Jury Won't Help Zimmerman Trial
In a piece for Slate, Emily Bazelon explains why sequestering a jury, especially in such a high-profile case, does not work.
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Not Everyone Can Go Natural
Teronda Seymore explains in Clutch magazine why her idea to go natural backfired horribly.
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Trayvon Martin: On Trial?
It will be Trayvon Martin who will be judged in the trial, writes Eric Mann in Colorlines, not his murderer.
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Biracial Cheerios-Ad Star Thought Attention Was for Her Great Smile
Grace Colbert and her parents offer a little perspective to the firestorm over an interracial family. "It's just a reality," her dad says.
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How 1 Black Doctor Compensates for Racism
In a story inspired by NPR's Race Card Project, Gregory McGriff says he can't get away with the things his white partners can, and that has changed the way he treats patients.
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Support for Affirmative Action Dropping? Or Just White Support?
As we await the Supreme Court's decision in Fisher v. University of Texas, a new poll reveals serious divides along both racial and ideological lines.
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For-Profit Colleges: Preying on Black Ambition?
In a Salon piece, Kai Wright argues that for-profit universities are amassing wealth at the expense of black students, who are taking on massive college-loan debts that will only lead to greater poverty -- not prosperity.
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