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What Black High School Grads Need to Hear
Show Me the Numbers: Graduation speakers often opt for tough love. Here's what they should say instead.
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10 Pieces of Advice for Postcollege Life
She Matters: This writer wishes someone had told her these things at her commencement.
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Celebrating Race in the Renaissance
Image of the Week: What's the meaning behind this 16th-century cameo featuring a black and a white face?
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IRS Apology for Tea Party Racists?
If any other group called for the government's demise, the GOP would have a fit.
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UCONN Football Player Fatally Stabbed
Cornerback Jasper Howard was killed outside a school dance after a fight broke out between two groups...
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Rap Responds to Derrion Albert's Murder
David Banner, 9th Wonder, others group in Chicago for MTV special/"Something's Wrong" video shoot.
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Breaking the Last Racial Taboo?
White candidate for NYC Public Advocate Places black wife and kids front and center.
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Obama Too Cautious, Slow on Judicial Posts?
Delays having a ripple effect in fed courts; caseloads are backed up.
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Obama, Bush 41 Team Up in Service Initiative
The presidents have joined forces to urge citizens to volunteer...
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Four Troops Killed in Afghanistan
The troops were killed in a roadside bombing attack...
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Judge Crawls Out of Medieval Times, Denies Marriage License to Mixed-Race Couple
Louisiana Judge Keith Bardwell has denied a marriage license to a young couple, one partner white, and the other black.
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A Child Asks Barack Obama, 'Why Do People Hate You?'
Fourth-grader asks the president last question during a NOLA question-and-answer session.
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Gallup Poll Finds Hillary More Popular Than Barack
The president's current favorable rating of 56% is down 22 percentage points since January...
