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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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Bill Clinton Tells Howard Grads They Have a Gift, Choice
The former leader delivered the commencement address at the HBCU on Saturday.
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Lauryn Hill, Girl, Stop It!
Michael Arceneaux couldn't believe his ears when Hill told a judge that she was the descendant of slaves, and that's why she couldn't pay her taxes on her healthy income. At Ebony, Arceneaux begs the troubled singer to come back to reality -- you know, where people pay their bills and such.
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Is Janelle Monae Revealing Her Sexuality on New Song?
Some are speculating that Janelle Monae might be talking about her own sexuality in her new song, "Q.U.E.E.N." But writer Andreana Clay of Queer Black Feminist writes that she'd rather focus on Monae's self-proclaimed status of being an oddball.
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Hey, White People, Here's How You're Racist
On the York Daily Record, attorney Dawn Cutaia says that white folks don't have to be part of the KKK to be racist. It can be as easy as laughing at a black person's ethnic name or not hiring them because of it.
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NJ Hostage Situation Is Over, Suspect Dead
In Trenton, N.J., a man who fatally shot his girlfriend and teen son, then held three other children hostage, has died.
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How Lil Wayne and Rick Ross Lost: When Hip-Hop Polices Itself
How rap fans demanded more of artists and their lyrics by attacking their branding deals.
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Aretha Franklin on Possible Biopic Casting of Audra McDonald, Jennifer Hudson
The Queen of Soul weighs in on those in the running.
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