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15 Obscure Facts About 'Menace II Society'
On the film's 20th anniversary, find out the truth about Tupac's involvement and more.
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In Africa, a Renewed Sense of Potential
Your Take: The African Union is finally living up to its promise, 50 years later, writes the president of Ghana.
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It's Not Your Grandmother's NAACP
The 104-year-old organization is working to dispel myths that it's black-only and mired in the past.
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Will There Ever Be Unity in Africa?
On the African Union's 50th anniversary, ethnic strife and economic competition remain barriers to peace.
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Boy Scouts Admit Gay Kids but Not Adults
The organization's vote to admit LGBT children but not leaders leaves opponents of the anti-gay policy planning their next move.
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Why I Agree With Obama's Morehouse Speech
Sade Muhammad writes on her Tumblr, the Glossy Diaries, that perhaps the president is speaking from his personal experience as a black man in America.
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Lauryn Hill's Anti-Gay Lyrics? Just Say No
Monica Miller takes Lauryn Hill to task on BET.com for talking down to the LGBT community on her latest song, "Neurotic Society (Compulsory Mix)."
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A Bad Science Experiment Doesn't Make Me a Criminal
Kiera Wilmot, the teen arrested and kicked out of school for a failed science experiment, is telling her side of the story on the ACLU blog. Although she isn't facing charges, it isn't all rosy.
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Chicago Approves Largest School Shutdown in US History
Although teachers, parents and children protested, the school board will shutter 50 locations.
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Obama: We Must Define the War on Terror or It Will Define Us
In a major national-security speech on Thursday, the president addressed Guantánamo and drones and pushed to reframe the war on terror.
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Lee Rigby Named as Victim in Suspected London Terror Attack
Knife-wielding assailants attacked the British soldier in broad daylight, in what's being investigated as an ideologically motivated crime.
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Stop and Frisk and ... Give Us Your Weed?
The New York Civil Liberties Union's leader says that stop and frisk is a ruse to create marijuana arrests.
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Oklahoma Mom Delivers Baby Boy During Tornado
Shay-la Taylor beat the odds and the weather with her son Braeden.
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