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Alabama County May Change Voting Rights
Shelby, which is challenging Section 5, has changed, but voter advocates say work is still needed.
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Educated Black Women Do Find Husbands
She Matters: A revived story sparks an age-old debate about going to college versus getting married.
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Da Vinci's Patron -- as a Black Man?
Image of the Week: This 15th-century piece depicts an Italian duke as the embodiment of his nickname, "The Moor."
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What Is Juneteenth?
100 Amazing Facts About the Negro: Learn about the most popular annual celebration of black emancipation.
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George Zimmerman Will Go on Trial, Not Trayvon Martin
The Huffington Post's Mark I. Pinsky is dishing out legal analysis about the George Zimmerman defense team's attempt to make use of Trayvon Martin's past bouts with marijuana use and fighting.
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Michael Steele and Reince Preibus Judged by Different Standards
In a piece for Ebony, Michael Arceneaux sheds light on former Chairman of the Republican National Committee Michael Steele's problem with his successor. Apparently Priebus is getting breaks that eluded Steele.
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I'm Pregnant, and I Have a Mother-in-Law From Hell
An expectant mother tells writer Danielle T. Pointdujour at Ebony why she has concerns about bringing a child into the world while a war with her overbearing mother-in-law rages on.
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Michael Steele 'Looking at' a Run for Governor
The former Republican National Committee chairman is considering the run despite calling Maryland a "tough state" with "a lot of challenges."
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Supreme Court OKs Warrantless DNA Collection
Police can now collect swabs from anyone who is arrested, in what the ACLU calls "a gaping new exception to the Fourth Amendment."
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Report: Push to Expel Dark-Skinned Malians From Kidal
Residents say that members of the light-skinned Taureg ethnic group are attempting to push out the city's darker inhabitants.
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Cornel West: They Say I'm Un-American
The academic spoke to The Guardian about where he thinks President Obama is going wrong.
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Obama in Office Is Great, but We Must Keep Fighting
The Rev. Al Sharpton writes in the Huffington Post that the re-election of Obama shouldn't lull blacks into a false sense of security. There's much to fight for in terms of equality.
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The Black Film Renaissance of 2013
As the release dates of movies like Fruitvale and The Butler near, it seems that these are just two of many black projects to hit screens this year, writes Michael Cieply in the New York Times.
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Stereotypes, Gender Bending and Gay Acceptance
As athletes like Jason Collins and Britney Griner come out, Maya Dusenbery writes in the Atlantic that while America has become more understanding of gays and gay culture, gender association is still tricky.
