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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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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.
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Iraq to Blackwater: You May Go Now
They didn't appreciate Blackwater being...Blackwater.
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Kadaffi Fails in Second Attempt to Chair African Union
His first term ended unceremoniously and his attempt to chair a second was quickly snuffed out.
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John Mayer Makes Fewer Black Friends After Playboy Interview
He has some...interesting thoughts on "hood passes" and his manhood's racial preference.
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Ali Met with Klan Before Thrilla in Manila
A new documentary discusses this and more.

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