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Intimate Look at the Williams Sisters
Director explains how Venus and Serena doc explores the way their enigmatic dad shaped their lives.
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Help! My Black Nephew Thinks He's Yellow
Our Race Manners columnist answered your burning questions in a Reddit Ask Me Anything. Check out her answers!
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19 Things Every HBCU Grad Knows
Because you learn quickly that it's nothing like A Different World. At all.
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Shots Not Heard Round the World in NOLA
This witness to the Mother's Day mayhem that injured 19 wants to know: Why don't more people care?
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Jesse Jackson Jr May Use Illness in Sentence Plea
The ex-congressman's lawyer argues that his client's behavior, including embezzlement, was directly linked to mental illness.
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Sparks Fly Between Kobe and Mom Over Money
The NBA star and his mother are locked in a battle over the sale of memorabilia, including his old jerseys, varsity letters from high school and championship rings.
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PepsiCo Drops Lil Wayne
The rapper's endorsement deal comes to an end, reportedly because of his Emmett Till lyric.
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Where Has Cory Booker Been?
The mayor of Newark kept a low profile in April to prepare for his next race: U.S. senator.
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The Ghetto Is Public Policy
It's hard to accept, but the wealth gap is not a mistake, Ta-Nehisi Coates writes at The Atlantic.
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The Misguided Missionary Movement to Save Black Babies
Colorlines' Akiba Solomon profiles a pro-life effort that she says is fueled mostly by suburban white evangelicals and conservative black men.
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Remembering Bravery in Birmingham
In a piece for the New Yorker, Charlayne Hunter-Gault chronicles the day in 1963 when children as young as 6 marched to protest segregation.
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Major Pro Sports' Actual 1st Openly Gay Man
Glenn Burke was an openly gay MLB player three decades ago, but nobody wanted to hear about it.
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Not a Shocker: NRA Head Thinks Obama Is a 'Fake President'
Mediaite has a clip of Jim Porter's pre-Newtown, Conn., comments. He's not exactly a fan of this administration.
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