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IRS Apology for Tea Party Racists?
If any other group called for the government's demise, the GOP would have a fit.
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Which Slave Sailed Himself to Freedom?
100 Amazing Facts About the Negro: Life took him from a daring sea escape to a stint in Congress.
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I'm Creole. Why Do I Have South Asian DNA?
Tracing Your Roots: Several reasons could explain a questioner's surprising genetic testing results.
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School a Beacon of Hope in Nigeria
At a university in Yola, graduates offer a glimpse of a promising future in a strife-torn region.
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Explaining That Race Is a Social Construct -- Again
The Atlantic's Ta-Nehisi Coates responds to recent writing on race and intelligence by reminding us exactly what race is and what it isn't.
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Bill Maher Responds to White Guys. Why Not to Wayne Brady?
Morris W. O'Kelly writes at the Huffington Post that the talk-show host only picks fights that he thinks he can win. But with Wayne Brady, he lost badly.
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Exec on Bad AIDS Drugs: 'Who Cares? It's Just Blacks Dying'
Ranbaxy Laboratories has pleaded guilty to selling adulterated drugs. Fortune has an account of what one insider said were internal attitudes toward the India-based company's most vulnerable victims.
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Did Jay Harris Actually Choose Rap Over Football?
It seems that Michigan State had a hand in the athlete-artist's surprising career decision.
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Obama Calls Staffer Shot While Caught in Crossfire
Organizing for Action's Gregory Jackson and the president discussed his firsthand lesson about the importance of gun-violence prevention.
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Details of Malcolm Shabazz's Death Revealed
Update: The men who beat Malcolm Shabazz to death used a bat or stick during the attack.
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Quote of the Day: Martin Luther King Jr.
The civil rights leader's thoughts on love, lynching and the law.
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AP, IRS, Benghazi: How Can Americans Trust Obama?
Writing at the Guardian, conservative blogger Crystal Wright weighs in on the various controversies swirling around the Obama administration and determines that Republicans -- and Americans in general, for that matter -- only want answers.
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Report: Evening Cable News Lacks Diversity
At ColorLines, Jorge Rivas looks at a report revealing a dramatic lack of diversity on evening cable news shows. He quotes a Latino leader who says this gives the impression that minorities are not making positive contributions to the country.
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