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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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Da Vinci's Patron -- as a Black Man?
Image of the Week: This 15th-century piece depicts an Italian duke as the embodiment of his nickname, "The Moor."
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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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Surprised About Black Twitter or Online Racism? You're Late
Noting the shock over racist reactions to the interracial Cheerios commercial, Ebony's Jamilah Lemieux says it seems as if "the Internet just met the Internet" in recent weeks.
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Jada Pinkett Smith Defends Beyoncé
Writing at Clutch magazine, Evette Dionne points out that the actress is standing in solidarity with her "unfairly criticized" peer against her body-shaming critics.
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Bye-Bye to Michele Bachmann's Twitter-Era Politics
Chicago Tribune columnist Clarence Page says goodbye and good riddance to the conservative Minnesota politician and her tactics.
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Americans Can't Agree on How to Say Anything: These Maps Prove It
Check the way you pronounce "caramel," "been" and "pajamas"; whether you say "slaw" or "coleslaw"; and the term you use for athletic shoes against these maps.
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Multimillion-Dollar Mau Mau Settlement?
An out-of-court settlement for torture during the Kenyan "emergency" is expected to be announced as early as Thursday.
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