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Should White Supremacists Lose Custody of Their Kids?
Jeff Hall — the leader of the Riverside, Calif., chapter of the white-supremacist group the National Socialist Movement — was found dead at his home on May 1. Police say he was murdered by the 10-year-old son he had successfully won custody of from his ex-wife. Clearly, a case like this raises many questions, but…
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AIDS Breakthrough? Study Reveals New Info on HIV Drugs
Preliminary results from a cross-country study suggests that antiretroviral drugs, used to treat HIV patients, have the added benefit of making the disease far less infectious. The study, which followed nearly 2,000 couples (each couple was made up of one person who had HIV and one who didn’t), according to the Wall Street Journal “confirms…
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Black Soap: Daytime's African-American Characters
Lauren is a former Deputy Editor of The Root. Played by: Shemar Moore, Darius McCrary Malcolm has a complicated relationship with his brother, Neil, whose wife he slept with and impregnated. Known for his bad luck with the ladies, Malcolm lost his first wife to AIDS and divorced his second wife, and his fiancée left…
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Hines Ward Cuffed, Robinson out at Gap, Glenn Beck on Ground Zero Visit and More
When policing (and parking) goes wrong: Pittsburgh Steeler and Dancing With the Stars contenstant Hines Ward was pulled from his friend’s car and handcuffed Thursday after police suspected him of driving in a stolen car. Turns out the woman he was with had recently reported her car stolen after she couldn’t figure out where she…
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'The Scottsboro Boys' and 'Sister Act' Garner Tony Noms
It’s been a good year for black actors on Broadway — just check out the 2011 Tony Award nominations. From the stars of the controversial Scottsboro Boys musical to Sister Act, black stage actors were shown some nomination love for this year’s Tonys. Joseph Henry of The Scottsboro Boys and Patina Miller, who plays the…
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Obama to Hold Facebook Town Hall
Ask Barack Obama anything you want — he might not answer, but at least you have a shot this afternoon, when the president holds a town hall meeting from the Facebook headquarters in Palo Alto, Calif. You can submit questions and watch the live stream on the White House Facebook fan page at 4:45 ET…
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Jet Magazine Gets New Top Editor
Mitzi Miller Has Written for and With Black Women Mitzi Miller, a writer and editor at women’s magazines who with Denene Millner and Angela Burt-Murray co-wrote two books — “The Vow: a Novel” and “The Angry Black Woman’s Guide to Life” — has been named editor-in-chief of Jet magazine, Johnson Publishing Co. announced. Miller takes…
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How Facebook Ruined the High School Reunion
I always used to imagine high school reunions as the ultimate showcase for reversals of social fortune — the once-bullied nerd arrives at his 10-year with a swimsuit model on his arm and Google stock in his portfolio; the overweight late bloomer becomes the stylish fashion editor; and on the opposite end, the jock and…
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VIDEO: Chris Brown Freaks Out After 'GMA' Segment
Chris Brown, who took an anger-management class in 2009 a few months before pleading guilty to assaulting his then-girlfriend Rihanna, might just need to re-enroll. The singer reportedly went on a rage-filled rampage on the Good Morning America set early this morning after Robin Roberts asked him questions about the Rihanna case during a segment.…
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NPR CEO Resigns After Second Major Embarrassment
Departure Follows Second Major Embarrassment Vivian Schiller resigned as president and CEO of NPR, its board of directors announced Wednesday, a day after news broke of a sting by conservative provocateur James O’Keefe in which a surreptitiously recorded video showed the head of NPR’s fundraising arm saying that members of the tea party movement are…
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