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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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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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Proof That the War on Marijuana Is Racially Biased?
An ACLU report makes the case that it's time to end the war on marijuana. One reason: It unfairly targets blacks.
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Paris Jackson Reportedly Hospitalized
TMZ is reporting that Michael Jackson's daughter was taken by ambulance to the hospital around 2 a.m. PDT on Wednesday.
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Video Captures Police Brutally Beating Woman
"The more things change, the more they remain the same," a City Council member said of Jasper, Texas' racial troubles.
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Susan Rice to Be New National Security Adviser
The U.N. ambassador will replace Tom Donilon, who is stepping down.
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