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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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N--gers and Redskins: Same Thing?
We should be just as outraged by both racial slurs, says one sports columnist.
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Affordable Care Act: 'Colorblind' Policy and Bigoted Effects
The Atlantic's Ta-Nehisi Coates examines the implementation of the ACA and explains why the "lift all boats" policy often falls short.
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The Never-Ending War on Eric Holder
Writing at the Huffington Post, Earl Ofari Hutchinson says that the attorney general is "an all-purpose tool in the GOP's relentless drive to mark Obama as a failed president."
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Am I Too Successful to Date?
In her xoJane piece chronicling her online dating adventures, India-Jewel Jackson muses about why she just might be a bad fit for Match.com.
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14-Year-Old Tackled, Choked for Giving Police 'Dehumanizing Stare'
Police say the teen was exhibiting threatening "body language," including "clenched fists." He says he was holding a puppy.
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Meet America's Oldest World War II Veteran
Richard Overton is 107, smokes up to 12 cigars a day and puts whiskey in his coffee.
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Friends and Family Remember Malcolm Shabazz in New York
In Harlem, Malcolm Shabazz's aunts, Malaak and Ilyasah, led a memorial service for their late nephew.
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Kerry Washington Got Death Threats for Supporting Obama?
Apparently, conservative Scandal fans weren't thrilled with the actress's real-life political views.
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Meet Harvard Law's Youngest Black Grad
We sure know how to pick 'em. Cortlan Wickliff, from The Root's 2012 Young Futurists class, is also on track to start studying for his Ph.D. in the fall.
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Charles Ramsey Wannabe? Man Stages Kidnapping to Be Hero
Kyle Dube, a 20-year-old charged with kidnapping and murder, reportedly planned to "be the hero" in a plan that went tragically awry.
