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by Cord Jefferson onJuly 31, 2009
America needs a new way to sell education to young, black men.
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July 11, 2009
Barack Obama rounded out his trip abroad with a stop in Accra, Ghana, where he spoke to the nation's parliament and paid a visit to a maternal health clinic in Accra, before finishing up with a moving visit to Ghana's Cape Coast Castle—the point of no return for thousands upon thousands of black Africans sold into slavery...
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by Dayo Olopade onJuly 9, 2009
Barack Obama's first presidential trip to Sub-Saharan Africa will focus on the good guys—but we couldn't resist calling out the bad. Your guide to the Ghana trip, and the company Obama should be keeping abroad.
GALLERY: African Rogues and Royalty
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by Sundaa Bridgett Jones onJuly 1, 2009
The Fourth of July should be less about celebrating revolution and more about promoting change.
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by Kai Wright onJuly 1, 2009
Last year, I was the proudest of Americans. This year, not so much.
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by Ryan Grim onJune 25, 2009
In an excerpt from the new book This is Your Country on Drugs, Ryan Grim explains how the press covered for the CIA in the Iran-Contra drug scandal that rocked the black community in the '90s.
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by Tamara J. Walker onMay 20, 2009
Thanks to the lousy economy, there are plenty of travel deals to be had for foreign travel. But before you partake, here are a few tips to shed the old Ugly American stereotype.
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May 20, 2009
I know Black is the new American pastime, but is it overload?
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by Spencer P. Boyer onMay 8, 2009
Integration is now a global issue, and the U.S. has as much to say about it as anyone, and, maybe, as much to learn.
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by David Swerdlick onApril 22, 2009
Five reasons why the president doesn’t want to prosecute.
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