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NYPD Finally Cops to Profiling?
By fighting new profiling bill, the department finally stops pretending it doesn’t profile.
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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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Reid Says Public Option Will Be Included in Bill
Along with the public option provision is states' right to opt out...
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Pass the Rock, Barack: NOW Prez Questions Obama's All-Male Pick-Up Games
NOW President Terry O'Neill finds President Obama's all-male pick-up basketball games "troubling"...
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We Ain't Kin Folk: US Bans Kenyan Official
The US has banned a senior Kenyan official for "obstructing efforts to rid the government of corruption..."
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H1N1 with a Bullet: Obama Declares Swine Flu National Emergency
President Obama has declared the H1N1 virus a national emergency as doctors get to work trying to control its outbreak...
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Check It Out: Kweli Says Kanye Is a Rascal
In interview, Talib Kweli describes being on tour with then-unknown Kanye West...
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Listen Up! More Colleges Look to Gov't for Student Loans
Who else smells a thinly-veiled Socialist conspiracy?
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Better Than Sears: Annie Liebovitz Snaps First Family Portrait
The world-renowned photographer took a photograph of Malia, Sasha, Michelle and Barack Obama in the Green Room of the White House.
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Listen Up! Olympic Concerns Raised by Rio Violence
Recent drug violence in Rio has raised security concerns for the 2016 Olympics...
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Sexual Orientation Added to Hate Crime List, Awaits Obama's OK
Attacks based on sexual orientation added to hate crimes list and now await authorization from President Obama...
