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Affordable Care Act: 'Colorblind' Policy and Bigoted Effects
The Atlantic‘s Ta-Nehisi Coates examines the implementation of the ACA and explains why the “lift all boats” policy often falls short. … I want to preface what I am about to say by pointing out the obvious — the ACA is a great thing. I suspect it will go down as the president’s greatest achievement…
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The Never-Ending War on Eric Holder
Writing at the Huffington Post, Earl Ofari Hutchinson says that the attorney general “is an all-purpose tool in the GOP’s relentless drive to mark Obama as a failed president.” There was nothing subtle about The Washington Times’ recent poll question: “Will Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. be forced to resign within the next six months?”…
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Am I Too Successful to Date?
In her xoJane piece chronicling her online dating adventures, India-Jewel muses about why she just might be a bad fit for Match.com. I need to come clean about something — I’m incredibly skeptical about this whole digital dating thing as it relates to me personally. I mean, I know it works, as I know several…
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14-Year-Old Tackled, Choked for Giving Police 'Dehumanizing Stare'
AlterNet is reporting on the story of a 14-year-old Florida boy who says he was feeding and playing with his 6-week-old puppy when he was pinned to the ground and choked by Miami-Dade police officers. His alleged crime: giving the officers “dehumanizing stares” and “clenching his fists.” We would have you guess the teen’s race,…
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The Economic Origins of Black Music Month
(The Root) — Since 1979, June has been designated as Black Music Month. The annual celebration was the result of a collaboration between songwriter and producer Kenneth Gamble, of Gamble and Huff, and broadcasters Ed Wright and Dyana Williams, who lobbied then-President Jimmy Carter for a month, like Country Music Month in October, that celebrated…
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Meet America's Oldest World War II Veteran
America’s oldest living World War II veteran, Richard Overton, is 107 years old (and doesn’t look a day over 90), served in the South Pacific and enjoys up to 12 cigars a day and whiskey in his coffee. He’s clearly not one to be messed with, so we’re glad that Gov. Rick Perry decided to…
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Can Trayvon's Killer Win With Social Media?
(The Root) — Today I’m putting aside Washington politics to talk about political methods of another kind, in the upcoming second-degree-murder trial of Trayvon Martin’s killer, George Zimmerman. Instead of voters, Zimmerman’s attorneys are trying to sway potential jurors, and the extraordinary campaign could well succeed. For the past year, the Zimmerman defense team has…
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Family Business: Diana Ross & Her Familial Supremes
Diana Ross may have initiated the family name, but her children have surely continued its legacy. While the Motown best-selling artist entered the music world in the 1960’s with the Supremes—and later parted ways to embark on her solo career—her five children, Ross, Rhonda, Tracee, Chudney and Evan, have found multiple ways to continue the…
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3 Smart Career Lessons from Real Husbands of Hollywood
Now, anyone familiar with BET’s the Real Husbands of Hollywood would look at that headline and probably think “Career lessons? All I see is hilarious debauchery from a cast full of successful men poking fun at reality TV.” But what I see is a group of men who have been able to leverage their networks…
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How to Stay Cool Without An Air Conditioner
So, here’s a major shocker: It’s hot. It’s really, really hot. That means tonight you will turn on that air conditioner to keep cool, which if you have one or not is a budget-crashing, rite of spring. Here are four ways you can keep costs down as the temperature increases so that you can stay…
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