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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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Which Slave Sailed Himself to Freedom?
100 Amazing Facts About the Negro: Life took him from a daring sea escape to a stint in Congress.
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I'm Creole. Why Do I Have South Asian DNA?
Tracing Your Roots: Several reasons could explain a questioner's surprising genetic testing results.
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School a Beacon of Hope in Nigeria
At a university in Yola, graduates offer a glimpse of a promising future in a strife-torn region.
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Jobless Rate Falls from 9.5 to 9.4%
Time to party! Not really, but let's take any improvement we can get...
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AUDIO: Preview - Whitney Houston "Million Dollar Bill"
A snippet of a track off Whitney's forthcoming album...
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Sotomayor Confirmation Expected Today
It's a truly sad state of (GOP) affairs when an underqualified woman of color uses all her empathetic ethnic guile to ascend to the highest bench in the land...
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The Right Roughage Lacks in the South Bronx
The dearth of supermarkets leave Blacks and Latinos without healthy food choices...
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VIDEO: A PSA from Nasir Jones
A public service announcement from the guy who pays Kelis' tuition every month...
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A Congressman from New Orleans Involved in Corruption? Come On...
Believe it or not, Former Representative William J. Jefferson was convicted Wednesday afternoon of using his office to try to enrich himself and relatives through a web of bribes and payoffs involving business ventures in Africa...
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Violated, Too: Congo's Male Rape Victims
For years, the thickly forested hills and clear, deep lakes of eastern Congo have been a reservoir of atrocities. Now, it seems, there is another growing problem: men raping men...
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The Russian Obama
Because any black person who makes unlikely political runs can't really be anything else...
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Gunman Opens Fire at PA Gym, 4 Dead
George Sodini turned off the gym's lights before firing off 50 rounds...
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Hillary Arrives in Kenya; Does Not Save Any Journalists
Instead, she is continuing the administration's tour of Africa's trouble areas...
