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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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FBI Releases Michael Jackson File
The file includes exhaustive investigation into child molestation allegations stemming back to the late 70s...
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Crazy Makes Threat at First Lady
Michelle Roshia of Hawaii threatened to "blow away" Michelle Obama...
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HP Webcam Racially Profiles, Freezes in Fear
A new viral video claims Hewlett-Packard motion-tracking webcams can't see dark-skinned people...
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Quiet Goodnight for Boys Choir of Harlem
Amid criminal accusations and financial hardship, the choir has met its end...
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Mexico City Legalizes Gay Marriage
Guess the Prop 8 memo didn't get quite that far south...
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Facebooking is a Freedom Worth Defending!
Howard Schmidt is President Obama's new Cybersecurity Coordinator...
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Obama: "Danny Glover Who?"
In interview, the president deflected criticism from the actor and others who've said he hasn't been attentive enough to Black America...
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Pregnancy Could Mean Court-Martial for GIs in Iraq
No one hates freedom more than the uterus...
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We'd Love to Help, But This Danish...
EMTs on break watch a pregnant woman fall out in a coffee shop. She later died...
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Who Is This GI?
Spain has put out an APB for the family of a man who fought fascism in civil war...

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