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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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Educated Black Women Do Find Husbands
She Matters: A revived story sparks an age-old debate about going to college versus getting married.
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Brian Williams Does 'Regulate' and 'Nuthin but a G Thang'
Check out the mashups from Late Night With Jimmy Fallon.
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A Latina 'Comes Out' as Black
In an interview with NPR, a high school student explains how she sorted out race, culture and identity.
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Mitt Romney Flops Again With Hispanic Voters
In an op-ed for the Washington Post, Esther J. Cepeda schools Mitt Romney on why the Hispanic vote continues to evade him and the GOP.
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Why Was a Video Featuring an Interracial Couple Filmed at Howard?
Jamilah Lemieux, writing at Ebony, parses her feelings about why a music video featuring the love story of a white girl and black guy gave her pause.
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Another Take on NPR's 'Black Men Want a Relationship' Findings
Clutch magazine's Danielle C. Belton digs a bit deeper into the results of a recent NPR survey indicating that black men are more interested than black women in getting into a committed relationship.
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Deval Patrick Got 'Drunk' After Tsarnaev's Arrest
The Massachusetts governor admits that he de-stressed after the marathon-bombing suspect's capture.
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Bet You Don't Know What Drowning Looks Like
And considering that black kids are almost three times as likely as white children to die this way, you probably should.
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Trayvon's Mom: I Will Have to Forgive Zimmerman
The week before the second-degree-murder trial for her son's killer begins, Sybrina Fulton opens up to the New York Times.
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Blacks and Hispanics 'Predisposed' to Crime: Really, Judge?
According to a complaint filed by civil rights groups, Judge Edith Jones wasn't just offensive when she made this absurd statement -- she violated the ethical provisions of the judicial code of conduct.
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