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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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Is Janelle Monae Revealing Her Sexuality on New Song?
Some are speculating that Janelle Monae might be talking about her own sexuality in her new song, "Q.U.E.E.N." But writer Andreana Clay of Queer Black Feminist writes that she'd rather focus on Monae's self-proclaimed status of being an oddball.
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Hey, White People, Here's How You're Racist
On the York Daily Record, attorney Dawn Cutaia says that white folks don't have to be part of the KKK to be racist. It can be as easy as laughing at a black person's ethnic name or not hiring them because of it.
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NJ Hostage Situation Is Over, Suspect Dead
In Trenton, N.J., a man who fatally shot his girlfriend and teen son, then held three other children hostage, has died.
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How Lil Wayne and Rick Ross Lost: When Hip-Hop Polices Itself
How rap fans demanded more of artists and their lyrics by attacking their branding deals.
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Aretha Franklin on Possible Biopic Casting of Audra McDonald, Jennifer Hudson
The Queen of Soul weighs in on those in the running.
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Abercrombie & Fitch Hates Fat People?
The clothing retailer refuses to offer XL and bigger clothing.
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Meagan Good Drama 'Deception' Canceled
NBC gives the ax to its only drama with an African-American lead.
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Lessons Mom Can Teach About Money
Tiffany Aliche, writing at the Huffington Post, highlights everyday parenting messages that can be translated into financial advice.
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Keep Up the Fight Against Child Sex Trafficking
In a piece for the Huffington Post, White House Senior Adviser Valerie Jarrett says that we've made great progress on this issue, but we still have a long way to go.
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