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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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Pregnant Widow Executed by Taliban
Accused of adultery, she was whipped 200 times before being executed.
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Jazz Legend Dave Brubeck Celebrates 90th Birthday
Wynton Marsalis' quintet played, "Happy Birthday."
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Flint Serial Killer May Be Connected to Virginia Attacks
Similar vehicles and methods raise suspicions.
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Mind Your Business: Queen Latifah's Sexuality
Maybe Dana Owens wants to keep her private life, uh, private.
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It's Official: Maxine Waters Charged With Three Ethics Violations
The storied Congresswoman must defend her choices.
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Strange Fruit: Remembering Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith
Local photographer Lawrence Beitler took what would become the most iconic photograph of lynching in America.
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