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Blacks Get Weave; Can Whites Get Locks?
Race Manners: You can, but it's not the same. Don't expect to enjoy the style without the scrutiny.
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America: More Diverse yet Less Equal?
A decline in white births comes at a time when two key civil rights programs may be dismantled.
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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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Video Captures Police Brutally Beating Woman
"The more things change, the more they remain the same," a City Council member said of Jasper, Texas' racial troubles.
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Susan Rice to Be New National Security Adviser
The U.N. ambassador will replace Tom Donilon, who is stepping down.
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Bradley Manning Needs a Plea Deal -- Not Life in Jail
Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson argues that Army Pfc. Bradley Manning deserves to be punished, but the U.S. government is going overboard.
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Maintaining My Natural Hair Has Taken Over My Life!
In a piece for xoJane.com, Janday Wilson talks about the trials and tribulations of perfecting her curls.
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Why I Am Not a 'Strong Black Woman'
Clutch magazine's Jamilah Lemieux explains why we should "call the NAACP" and "have another word funeral."
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From Miss America to Republican Congresswoman?
Meet political hopeful Erika Harold.
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I Went to an HBCU to Experience Being a Minority
A white Howard student explains a choice of college that many dismissed as a joke and others wondered whether she could handle.
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What Lautenberg's Death Means for Cory Booker
"It's going to be a little more difficult or a lot more difficult" for the Newark, N.J., mayor if he wants to run for the Senate, says one expert.
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Quote of the Day: Garvey on Our Ancestors
The black nationalist leader on what lessons we should pass on to our descendants.

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