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    Marriage-Equality Stance Makes NAACP Relevant Again

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    Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson says that the civil rights organization has finally returned to center stage.

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    Public Grief of Whitney Houston's Family: Made for TV

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    Danielle C. Belton writes in a piece for Clutch magazine that the antics of the singer's family in the wake of her death are starting to look like exploitation.

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    Celebs Are Not Obligated to Share Their Business

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    Loose Ball: Former major leaguer Dmitri Young raked in $2.5 million to fund his new foundation.

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    Is This Why Cory Booker Took Up for Bain?

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    Think Progress reports that he received at least $36,000 from employees of Romney's old firm.

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    Crazy Talk: 'Young Black Thugs' Need to Die

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    Calling Your Job 'the Plantation': Bad Idea?

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