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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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Obama to Give Bernanke Another Title Shot
"Bernanke, a Republican, has played a central role in the government's extraordinary response to the recession and 2008 banking panic..."
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South Sudan Issued a Hunger Warning
The number of people needing assistance has surged since the beginning of the year due to inter-tribal conflict, poor rains and the high cost of food commodities in the region...
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More than a Woman: Reflecting on Aaliyah's Legacy Eight Years Later
What would have become of the L-I-Y-A-H?..
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Jena 6 Teen Gets Chance to Turn It Around
"Jesse Ray Beard said he was constantly in trouble, even when he behaved. It took being accused of the racially charged attempted murder of a white classmate in the Deep South to turn his life around..."
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Michael Jackson's Death Ruled a Homicide
"Los Angeles' coroner Dr. Lakshmanan Sathyavagiswaran reached that preliminary conclusion after reviewing toxicology results carried out on Jackson's blood..."
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BREAKING: AG Holder to Appoint Prosecutor for Interrogation Investigation
"Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. has decided to appoint a prosecutor to examine nearly a dozen cases in which CIA interrogators and contractors may have violated anti-torture laws..."
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Goings On: The Charlie Parker Jazz Festival
In or around New York City? The Charlie Parker jazz festival starts this weekend...
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On Second Thought: Niger Delta Militants End Ceasefire
"The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (Mend) said the move to end the truce on on September 15 was in response to the government's 60-day amnesty programme..."
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Um, Thanks, McDonald's?
McDonald's has launched 365Black.com because they "believe that African-American culture and achievement should be celebrated 365 days a year"...
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Report Alleges Interrogators Used Gun, Drill to Threaten Terror Suspects
CIA interrogators are accused of using coercion tactics that, though illegal, always seem to work (in the movies)...
