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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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Dozens Die in Nigeria as Christians, Muslims Clash
Troops are patrolling the northern Nigerian city of Jos after clashes between Christians and Muslims left at least 26 people dead and injured around 100 more, officials said...
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Check It Out: Wyclef Defends Yele
Wyclef answers accusations that his charity organization Yele is not on the financial up and up...
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Obama to Seek 1.35 Trillion for Education
President Obama wants to expand his Race to the Top program to improve the nation's schools...
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The Civil Rights Movement's Unfinished Business
Green for All promotes MLK's Dream in the Green era...
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The Speech: President Obama Celebrates Martin Luther King
The entire Obama crew attended services at "a church formed by freed slaves, whose founding pastor had worn the union blue...."
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Security Fears Mount in Post-Quake Haiti
"Desperate Haitians scrambled Sunday to find food and water and guarded their meager possessions..."
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Mo'Nique is Golden
Mo'Nique took the Best Supporting Actress for her performance in 'Precious'...
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The Smoking Gun Gives Wyclef's Organization the Side Eye
Wyclef might have some explaining to do when it comes to Yele...
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Read/React: A Discussion on Dialect
John McWhorter and Glenn Loury further the discussion on Black dialect and what it is to be Negro...
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Terror Trial Comes to DC
Does Riduan Isamuddin's trial demonstrate the effectiveness of torture?
