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by Jenée Desmond-Harris onSeptember 26, 2012
Forget the phrase "big-boned" and focus on daily fuel goals, says the Biggest Loser winner.
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by Jade O. Earle onJuly 24, 2012
In the wake of the Aurora, Colo., shooting, the rapper says that he does not agree with amending gun laws.
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by Nsenga K. Burton, Ph.D. onJuly 16, 2012
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Yes, Chef author Marcus Samuelsson, adopted from Ethiopia by Swedish parents, writes in a piece for the Huffington Post that his childhood was great, but he wonders whether families like his will ever become the norm -- or at least less of a spectacle.
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by Shahida Muhammad onJune 14, 2012
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In a piece for Ebony, Jamilah Lemieux says the public suggestions that black people are all the same when it comes to weight, sexuality, marriage or anything else have got to stop.
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In a personal essay at Clutch magazine, The Root contributing editor Demetria L. Lucas reflects upon the way her Americanness made her stick out in South Africa.
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