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Soyinka on 'Obscene' Push for Achebe Nobel
A Nigerian Nobel laureate wants fans of the late fellow writer to table calls for a posthumous prize.
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Child-Support Laws: A Boon for Gold Diggers?
Experts say that flaws in the system punish poor parents and motivate others to have kids for money.
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Doggie Racism Is Real! Here's How to Deal
Race Manners: Maybe your friends' pets are doing you a favor? At least now your social circle can't ignore race.
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What Black High School Grads Need to Hear
Show Me the Numbers: Graduation speakers often opt for tough love. Here's what they should say instead.
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Black Pastors to Star in Reality TV Show
Black America Web's Michael H. Cottman asks if pastors should sanctify the foolishness of reality TV in an insightful piece about an impending Oxygen Network reality show about, well, black pastors.
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Obama Alleged Scandals: The Public Should Yawn
The four alleged scandals faced by the administration don't pass the smell test for a public flogging of the president, argues Earl Ofari Hutchinson in a blog for EURWeb, because there is no clear evidence that he had any knowledge or hand in the missteps.
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Watch This: Miguel's Stage Dive Goes All Wrong
The fans who were kicked during the singer's Billboard Awards performance are reportedly fine, so it's safe to laugh at this mishap caught on tape.
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Floyd Mayweather Jr. Highest-Paid Athlete
He was paid $90 million in the past year, none of it from endorsements.
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Michelle Obama Has Retired Her Bangs
The first lady revealed a new look for her commencement speech at Bowie State University: side-swept bangs.
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Watch This: President Obama Delivers Morehouse Commencement Address
After a tough week in Washington, the president delivered strong words of encouragement to more than 500 graduates on a rainy Sunday.
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Farrakhan to Detroit: Investment Needed in City
The Nation of Islam leader urged pastors and the majority black population to take steps to revitalize the struggling city.
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Fixing Journalism's Class and Color Crisis
Farai Chideya writes a trenchant piece at the Nation about the face of journalism today, saying that we are witnessing the resegregation of the American media.
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NAACP: Respecting Black Farmers
Writing at the Huffington Post, NAACP President and CEO Benjamin T. Jealous checks in on a debate raging around a court settlement for black farmers, contending that there is no way to make up for the decades of discrimination that crippled the group's proud history.
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