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by A. Scott Walton onJune 3, 2011
Kwame Kilpatrick, in jail for obstruction of justice, says he's now a "man of his word."
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by Jenée Desmond-Harris onJanuary 27, 2011
Former McCain aide wrote O.
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by Jenée Desmond-Harris onJanuary 24, 2011
Wench was inspired by the history of a little-known resort for slaveholders and their mistresses.
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by jimi izrael onFebruary 24, 2010
An excerpt from the racy, newly published book by Jimi Izrael brazenly lays out the unrealistic expectations that black women have for black men. Ladies, proceed with caution.
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by Morris Dickstein onAugust 28, 2009
The final selected passage from author Morris Dickstein's cultural history of the Great Depression.
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by Morris Dickstein onAugust 28, 2009
The second selected passage from author Morris Dickstein's cultural history of the Great Depression.
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by Morris Dickstein onAugust 28, 2009
The first of three selected passages from author Morris Dickstein's cultural history of the Great Depression.
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by Dana Canedy onMay 21, 2009
In October 2006, First Sergeant Charles King was killed by a roadside bomb in Iraq. He left behind a poignant, heartfelt journal for his infant son, filled with all the lessons he would never be able to teach him. Read an excerpt from A Journal for Jordan.
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by Rochelle Riley onApril 15, 2009
In this excerpt from Family Affair: What It Means to Be African-American Today, Rochelle Riley explains the lesson she learned when her daughter decided to drop out of college.
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by Jack White onMarch 27, 2009
William Julius Wilson’s latest book offers important new ideas about confronting entrenched poverty—if only the average reader could find them.
