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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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Judge Keller, You're So Cool It Hurts
Who cares if a man's life hangs in the balance? 5 o'clock means 5 O'CLOCK...
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Donte' Stallworth Screwed Up and Did the Right Thing
Jemele Hill of ESPN sees a big difference between Donte' Stallworth and Plaxico Burress...
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The Color of Health Care
Root contributor and American Prospect writing fellow Adam Serwer wants to know: Why aren't people talking about the racial inequities in the current health care system?
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The Block is Hot in Mogadishu: Dozens Killed in Fight Between Rebels and Army
Residents hid in their homes as mortar bombs fired by fighters from al-Shabab, the group battling to remove the government, hit the city on Friday...
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Michael Jackson Movie to be Released in October
Tickets for "Michael Jackson: This Is it" go on sale Sunday, September 27, Sony said in a news release Thursday...
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Are You Kidding? Bolt Breaks His Own World Record in 200M
This dude is just silly...
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Ridge Claims He Was Pressured into Raising Terror Alerts
When you have a book coming out, it's a good time to tell the truth about stuff you lied about at one time...
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Frizzy: A Nicer Word than 'Nappy'
Got "challenging" hair? Live in New York and willing to spend a pretty penny?
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Somali Forces Retake Town
The town, claimed on Wednesday, is the second taken by government troops as Sheikh Sharif Ahmed, Somalia's president, seeks to crush opposition fighters...
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BREAKING: Plaxico Burress Pleads Guilty to Weapons Charges
The former Giants star and Super Bow hero will serve 20 months in jail...

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