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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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Someone at Microsoft Engages in Hi-Jinks
Considering the goings on in the world, this is just kinda funny...
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AUDIO: Limbaugh Responds to Jay-Z's 'Off That'; Claims He's 'On' No One's Man Parts
So...we're not counting Reagan then?
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NY Governor Paterson Backpedals from Race Remarks, Kind Of
When he brought up the issue of the other Black governor in the US and the president, it wasn't a racial thing apparently...
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After-School Programs, Vital to Working Parents, Coming Undone
"As schools open their doors this month and next, closings and cutbacks at thousands of after-school programs nationwide have parents scrambling to make alternative arrangements..."
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Prior Incidents Emerge at Chris Brown Sentencing
At least two incident took place between Brown and Rihanna before the February attack...
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Are We Surprised?
Health care industry's PR machine isn't laying down in the reform debate either...
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The Overlooked: Seven Groups the Media Doesn't Touch
Ashton Lattimore of NewsOne understands the media doesn't engage most of Black America, but some groups get no love at all...
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Obama to Give Bernanke Another Title Shot
"Bernanke, a Republican, has played a central role in the government's extraordinary response to the recession and 2008 banking panic..."
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South Sudan Issued a Hunger Warning
The number of people needing assistance has surged since the beginning of the year due to inter-tribal conflict, poor rains and the high cost of food commodities in the region...
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More than a Woman: Reflecting on Aaliyah's Legacy Eight Years Later
What would have become of the L-I-Y-A-H?..
