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- Who Was the Real Jackie Robinson?
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- How Corporate Hip-Hop Profits From Rape Culture
- White Mandela Painting: 'Not Suitable'?
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- The Living Legacy of 'Letter From Birmingham Jail'
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- 3rd Plea in FAMU Hazing Case
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- Confessions of a Hair-Weave Addict
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- Quote of the Day: Nannie Helen Burroughs
- Letter to Terrible People Who Make Tragedies Worse
- What Media Sex Appeal Means for Skylar Diggins
- Iyanla and DMX: Entertainment or Exploitation?
- Jay-Z Gets a Time 100 Cover: 'He Even Put a Ring on Beyoncé'
- Man Charged With Threats Against Obama
- Robin Roberts on Her Hospitalization and Boston
- Whoopings Ain't Working, Y'all
- Gun Violence: What Do We Tell Our Children?
- Why White Critics' Fear of Engaging Tyler Perry Is Stifling Debate
- Boston Attacks: Who Are the Suspects?
- Boy Scouts Propose Lift of Ban on Gay Youths but Not on Leaders
- Watch This: Boston Suspect's Friends Speak Out
- Quote of the Day: Alain Locke
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- Lessons: Boston and the Human Spirit
- I Didn't Give Up on Black Men; They Gave Up on Me
- Lauryn Hill Sued for Eviction From Mansion
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- Flying Soon? Expect Sequester-Related Travel Delays
- TMZ Tweet 'Bomb Suspect Heavy Into Hip Hop' Angers Many
- I've Met the Boston Bombers
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- Can Black Women 'Lean In' Like Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg?
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- Getting Used to Part-Time Economic Recovery
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- Kermit Gosnell and the Politics of Abortion
- Why We Can Never Give Up on Gun Control
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- 2 African Runners Win London Marathon
- Boston Bombings: Obama Requests Moment of Silence
- Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka Wins Anisfield-Wolf Book Award
- Valerie Jarrett: What I've Learned
- Jay-Z to Sell Stake in Brooklyn Nets
- Richie Havens, Folk and Protest Singer, Dead at 72
- Quote of the Day: Paul Robeson
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- 30 Things Every 30-Year-Old Should Know About Money
- Loving Your 'Thickness' Is Not a Barrier to Fitness
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- Lauryn Hill: Million-Dollar Sony Deal to Avoid Prison?
- Obama on Tattoos: If the Girls Get One, I Get One
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- Delayed Honor: Congressional Gold Medal for '4 Little Girls'
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- Nicki Minaj Goes Off Online
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- Antoine Dodson Goes Straight?
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- Rihanna: Cyberbully?
- TJ Holmes: I'm a Free Agent
- Beyoncé Meets Picasso
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- 'Scandal' and the New Nielsen Twitter Ratings
- Twitter Responds to Lauryn Hill's Sentencing
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- Twitter Pays Respect to Malcolm Shabazz
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- Twitter Mourns the Loss of Lena Horne -- Again
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- Obama on Health Care: Don't Be Bamboozled
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- Celeb Moms Who Do It All
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