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by The Root DC onDecember 13, 2011
The actor's career could have ended along with the show in 2008, but he followed his dreams instead.
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by Washington Post onSeptember 24, 2010
Harvard professor William Julius Wilson on how the HBO series is the perfect teaching tool for inequality in inner-city America.
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by Saaret E. Yoseph onApril 16, 2010
Meet five young artists, entertainers and entrepreneurs who are redefining what it means to work toward a dream.
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by Natalie Hopkinson onApril 9, 2010
With "Treme," David Simon, of "The Wire" fame, says that despite Katrina, New Orleans' music and culture will survive. But that's stating the obvious.
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February 23, 2010
Chris Wilson writes on how social networks caught Saddam Hussein; whould we be using Internet technology to catch all criminals?
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January 5, 2010
I love The Wire, and Avon was the man. But why is this trailer for The Avon Barksdale Story so bad?
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October 20, 2009
Actor Michael Kenneth Williams, best known for playing Omar Little, Barack Obama's favorite character on HBO's "The Wire," is jumping into the political fray with an endorsement of sitting New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine
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by Sherrilyn A. Ifill onOctober 19, 2009
Will embattled Mayor Sheila Dixon be replaced by a white guy or a Republican? (Plus: a brief history of B-More’s race-charged campaigns.)
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October 2, 2009
Brick City, the Sundance Channel documentary on Newark, New Jersey and its Mayor, Cory Booker, aired last week. What have we learned?
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by Erin E. Evans onMarch 6, 2009
A year since the masterpiece of American television stopped airing on HBO, it lives on via DVD box sets and wiki. What will take its place?
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