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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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Uruguay Beats South Africa 3-0
The World Cup host team is close to being the first team eliminated from the tournament.
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Put Up and Shut Up: Redskins Want $21 Million From Haynesworth
The Washington Redskins have had enough of Albert Haynesworth.
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God Forbid, 'My Baby Is Black!'
A movie trailer for the film My Baby Is Black! Gasp and swoon -- a black man and white woman getting it on in 1961.
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Happy Birthday, Tupac!
Rap legend Tupac Shakur would have turned 39 today. We remember him through his music.
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Going to Extremes: Woman Shoots Herself for Medical Care
Woman shoots herself to get the medical help that she needed but could not afford.
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Friendly Skies: Flight Attendant Helps Land Plane
Flight attendant with commercial pilot's license takes over for ailing co-pilot.
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BP Puts Its Money Where Its Mouth Is
BP agrees to $20 billion escrow fund to compensate beleaguered Gulf Coast region.
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Did Bob Marley Shoot the Sheriff?
Chris Salewicz's biography of reggae legend Bob Marley unearths the singer's flaws, including beat-downs and assassinations.
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What's Your All-Time Favorite Summer Jam?
Have a favorite anthem to get you through the heat? Share your song choice with The Root!
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VIDEO: Cop Punches 17-Year-Old Seattle Girl in the Face
Excessive force or justifiable defense? You be the judge.
