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Intimate Look at the Williams Sisters
Director explains how Venus and Serena doc explores the way their enigmatic dad shaped their lives.
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Help! My Black Nephew Thinks He's Yellow
Our Race Manners columnist answered your burning questions in a Reddit Ask Me Anything. Check out her answers!
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19 Things Every HBCU Grad Knows
Because you learn quickly that it's nothing like A Different World. At all.
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Shots Not Heard Round the World in NOLA
This witness to the Mother's Day mayhem that injured 19 wants to know: Why don't more people care?
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USC Running Back Hurt in Weight Room Accident
Running back Stafon Johnson was preparing to bench press when the weight came crashing down on his throat...
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Three Charged with Murder in Death of Derrion Albert
Albert was beaten to death after being swept into a melee while walking home from school...
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Blair Underwood Opens HIV/AIDS Clinic in DC
The clinic looks to help hundreds in the District with free HIV/AIDS care...
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VIDEO: Chicago Honor Student Fatally Beaten
Derrion Albert, a 16-year old honor student, was was walking home from school when he was apparently dragged into a vicious brawl...
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Loves School, Hates Freedom: Obama Wants Longer School Days
President Obama wishes to infringe upon the civil rights of youth by insisting on more hours to educate them...
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Just in Time for Elections, Al-Bashir Lifts Media Censorship in Sudan
Newspapers are now allowed to dispense information without government pre-screening...
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Obama, Others Set to Put Shoe in Iran Over Its Nuclear Program
Iran's newly unveiled uranium enrichment facility "is inconsistent with a peaceful (nuclear) program," President Obama said today...
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Black Lawmakers Adjust to Post-Inauguration Politics
Some believe the president must work from a centrist position for change while others see his presidency as an opportunity to push through Democratic initiative beneficial to the Black community...
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Something to Shout About: Serena Williams Pens Book
'On the Line' details coming up in the shadow of Venus, the star's failures and her triumphs...
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The (No) Nuclear Option: UN Rez Aims for Nuke-Free World
The next order of business: Regulating transcontinental pig flight...
