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    Your Take: The African Union is finally living up to its promise, 50 years later, writes the president of Ghana.

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    Writing at the Shadow League, Megan Livingston explains why she sees Olivia Pope as a game changer and an everywoman. 

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    How the Obama Administration Talks to Black America

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    E.W. Jackson thinks the president has "Muslim sensibilities," and he's not afraid to throw around a KKK reference.

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    The media mogul on freedom.

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