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What Was the Double V Campaign?
100 Amazing Facts About the Negro: A paper's call for blacks to support the WWII effort had a twist.
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Old-School Tips for Better Finances
Mixing Dad's advice with sound financial planning can help us regain stability.
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My Man Wants Me to Drop My Male Bestie
Ask Demetria: A suddenly insecure boyfriend may mean that something's changed in your relationship.
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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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Sotomayor Confirmation Expected Today
It's a truly sad state of (GOP) affairs when an underqualified woman of color uses all her empathetic ethnic guile to ascend to the highest bench in the land...
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The Right Roughage Lacks in the South Bronx
The dearth of supermarkets leave Blacks and Latinos without healthy food choices...
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VIDEO: A PSA from Nasir Jones
A public service announcement from the guy who pays Kelis' tuition every month...
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A Congressman from New Orleans Involved in Corruption? Come On...
Believe it or not, Former Representative William J. Jefferson was convicted Wednesday afternoon of using his office to try to enrich himself and relatives through a web of bribes and payoffs involving business ventures in Africa...
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Violated, Too: Congo's Male Rape Victims
For years, the thickly forested hills and clear, deep lakes of eastern Congo have been a reservoir of atrocities. Now, it seems, there is another growing problem: men raping men...
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The Russian Obama
Because any black person who makes unlikely political runs can't really be anything else...
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Gunman Opens Fire at PA Gym, 4 Dead
George Sodini turned off the gym's lights before firing off 50 rounds...
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Hillary Arrives in Kenya; Does Not Save Any Journalists
Instead, she is continuing the administration's tour of Africa's trouble areas...
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Billy Clint to the Rescue! Freed US Journalists Back Home
In a swagger jacking move that may bring a little tension to the Clinton dinner table, former President Clinton flew back with Laura Ling and Euna Lee after securing their release from North Korea...
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Man Charged in Death of Ex-Champ Forrest
The 20-year old suspect is also charged with aggravated assault and armed robbery...
