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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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10 Pieces of Advice for Postcollege Life
She Matters: This writer wishes someone had told her these things at her commencement.
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Celebrating Race in the Renaissance
Image of the Week: What's the meaning behind this 16th-century cameo featuring a black and a white face?
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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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Charles Taylor Says: I Have No Idea How All Those Dead People Happened!
The former Liberian president pleaded not guilty to eleven criminal charges...
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Transcript of Judge Sotomayor's Opening Statements
Strangely, she did not open up with "Thank you all for finally shutting up..."
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Regina Benjamin Tapped as Surgeon General
She's a family doctor from Bayou La Batre, Alabama...
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Live Stream: Judge Sotomayor's Confirmation Hearing
Follow the goings-on in Washington DC...
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So Fly: 15-Year Old Pilot Completes Cross-Country Voyage
For Kimberly Anyadike of Compton, 'frequent flyer miles' mean something a little different...
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Philly Swim Club: 'Sorry for the Racis..er..Mix Up. Still Wanna Swim?'
The Philadelphia swim club that initial had "complexion" concerns invites the youngsters back (in the hope they don't get sued)...
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Digging Up Grave Sites and Reselling the Plot = Not Tight
Four cats in Chicago did not get that memo...
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See? Bill Clinton IS Black, Just Like Every Comedian Ever Said
The 42nd president will be inducted into Phi Beta Sigma...
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Burris Says "No Mas"; Shan't Run in 2010
The move does not come as a surprise to...anyone really...
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Wrongfully Convicted Men Free after 20 Years; States Hopes for Mulligan
Um...better late than never?

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