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NYPD Finally Cops to Profiling?
By fighting new profiling bill, the department finally stops pretending it doesn’t profile.
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Blacks Get Weave; Can Whites Get Locks?
Race Manners: You can, but it's not the same. Don't expect to enjoy the style without the scrutiny.
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America: More Diverse yet Less Equal?
A decline in white births comes at a time when two key civil rights programs may be dismantled.
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Bill Clinton Needs to Shut Up
The ex-president's willingness to speak out on Syria spells disaster for Obama in more ways than one.
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David Plouffe Returns
Mark McKinnon of The Daily Beast says it's a BS move. And will totally work.
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Read/React: "A Message from an Average Black Person"
Elon James White has the audacity to allege that Black people aren't a monolith...
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Oracle Prez Put on Blast by Mistress
If you live in New York, Atlanta or San Francisco, you might have seen billboards of Charles Phillips and his mistress YaVaughnie Wilkins smeared all over town...
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Read/React: Vet Speaks Out on Gitmo
New Security Action Network wants Gitmo closed...
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Gazan Children Donate to Haitian Quake Relief
Amid their own strife, children of Gaza send what they can to Haitians in need...
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Steve Harvey to Be New Host of Family Feud
He was chosen for his "one-of-a-kind" personality and not, ostensibly, for his dating advice...
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Listen Up! Army Docs May Face Discipline Over Ft. Hood Shooter
The Army may hit the doctors who supervised Malik Nidal Hasan with punishment for what they see as derelictions of duty...
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BREAKING: Air America Signs Off
Citing financial concerns, Air America Media is going out of business...
