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Blacks Get Weave; Can Whites Get Locks?
Race Manners: You can, but it's not the same. Don't expect to enjoy the style without the scrutiny.
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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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Read/React: President Still Suffering from "Let's Hug It Out" Syndrome
Ezra Klein discusses why the President's deal on nominations is lame.
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Check It Out: Should the Bush Administration Take the Blame For 9/11?
On Morning Joe, former Bush speechwriter Marc Thiessen says something that Lawrence O'Donnell found fairly upsetting.
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Help! We Need Shovels!
Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton is asking the government for DC snow relief.
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Do Over! Obama to Help Pick Site for Terrorism Trial
After intense backlash, President Obama will help pick alternate site for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed trial.
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Bill Clinton Hospitalized with Chest Pains
Doctors placed two stents in the former president's heart.
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Read/React: "Free Sundiata Acoli"
Assata Shakur co-defendant Sundiata Shakur is up for parole after 36 years.
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The Food of Love: New Janelle Monae - "Tightrope"
Her music doesn't stink. You should listen.
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Air Goddesses: The History of Black Women in Flight
Blacks in flight go beyond Tuskegee.
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Let's Go Ahead and Boo Roy Williams
Why? Because he sees a corollary between mediocre seasons and having his life destroyed in the poorest country in the Western hemisphere.
