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Money, Not Color, Determines a Child's Academic Success
Ethnicity might not play as large a role in charting educational success as experts previously thought, writes Sean F. Reardon in the New York Times; it’s all about how much the parents earn. To make this trend concrete, consider two children, one from a family with income of $165,000 and one from a family with…
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Reported Domestic Violence to Police? You Might Be Evicted
The ACLU’s Women’s Rights Project is fighting a law that allows landlords to evict victims of domestic violence if they’ve asked for police help in Norristown, Pa., writes Sandra Park on the Huffington Post. The police threatened Ms. [Lakisha] Briggs with eviction because she had received their assistance for domestic violence. Under Norristown’s “disorderly behavior…
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Were There Slaves Like Stephen in 'Django'?
Editor’s note: For those who are wondering about the retro title of this black history series, please take a moment to learn about historian Joel A. Rogers, author of the 1934 book 100 Amazing Facts About the Negro With Complete Proof, to whom these “amazing facts” are an homage. (The Root) — Amazing Fact About…
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Will Lauryn Hill's New Album Be Any Good?
The press attention about Lauryn Hill’s tax troubles has revealed one bright spot: She’s preparing new music. But Aisha Harris wonders on Slate if 15 years after her debut album, will Hill be able to recreate the magic? Referring to the “old conflict between art and commerce,” she wrote: This is about inequity, and the…
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Amazing Pictures of Your Favorite '80s Ladies
(The Root) — If you were around in the 1980s, these pictures, which have been floating around on Tumblr, should move you in a very special way. The women pictured, of course, are Phylicia Rashad and Debbie Allen — actresses, sisters, and possibly your pretend friends-mothers-aunties. This picture was taken in 1988, and in the…
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When 'Scandal' Nearly Killed Twitter
(The Root) — Each week, Shonda Rhimes whips Twitter into an absolute frenzy with an hour of plotting, scheming and fast-talking on Scandal, the political thriller starring Kerry Washington that has taken TV by storm. Even if you don’t watch the ABC show, you can always tell when something major happens by taking a look…
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Relationship Coach Gets No Love
(The Root) — For better or worse, self-styled “relationship experts” are all the rage. Everyone is in on the act — rappers, actors, singers and seemingly every other person on Twitter. Some have managed to collect thousands of followers, but for every fan there are probably at least 10 people who are, shall we say,…
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John McCain Calls for Obama to Act in Syria
On Sunday’s Meet the Press, Sen. John McCain took on Syria and encouraged President Barack Obama to take action in the troubled country, reports NBC News. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., a senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, urged the president to begin identifying a strategy to secure Syria’s stockpiles of chemical weapons should the…
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Stop-and-Frisk Whistle-Blower Cops Say They're Harassed
The night shift, hovering bosses, poor work evaluations — officer Pedro Serrano told the Washington Post that he’s suffered all of these things for speaking out against the New York Police Department’s stop-and-frisk policies. Serrano claims he’s been harassed, micromanaged and eventually transferred to a different precinct and put on the overnight shift. “It hasn’t…
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Chris Brown's Dad: I Don't Want Chris and Rihanna Together
For Clinton Brown, life was better for his son, Chris Brown, when he was not dating on-again, off-again girlfriend Rihanna, according to the Daily News. “I personally really didn’t want him and Rihanna back together,” said Clinton Brown, 48. “You have to have a balance in a relationship. You have to have someone who is…
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