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Obama at Morehouse: Try Another Listen
You might find that attacks on his commencement speech -- a hit among graduates -- missed the mark.
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Oklahoma and Defense of Big Government
The GOP's notion of "self-reliance" won't hold up after disaster hits one of the nation's poorest states.
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'Scandal' Withdrawal: It's a Real Thing
Here's what the ABC drama's obsessed fans plan to do with their time now that its second season is over.
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Yes, Fried-Chicken Jokes Are Racist
Golfer Sergio Garcia's jab at Tiger Woods is subtle racism at its finest.
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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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Can We Raise Colorblind Children?
Writing at her MyBrownBaby blog, Denene Millner hip-checks Eve, who says she wants to raise colorblind children, arguing that the star has been blinded to reality by the veneer of money and celebrity.
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Jason Collins' Ex-Fiancée Lands Book Deal
Carolyn Moos will be writing a book about hearing the news that her former fiancée is gay.
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Charles Ramsey: An Internet Hero for All the Wrong Reasons
Atlantic Wire blogger Connor Simpson lambastes the Internet's instant meme-ification of Cleveland kidnapping hero Charles Ramsey.

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