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  • Geographical Persuasion: Black, Feminine and Armed

    Blogger Krishana Davis writes at Clutch magazine that as a native of the East Coast, she did not consider owning a handgun until she moved to South Florida, where residents go to the shooting range for sport. She did not want to put her life in the hands of others by being the only unarmed…

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  • Prince Composed Theme Music for MSNBC's Tamron Hall

    Prince composed new theme music for MSNBC’s Tamron Hall: The host of News Nation unveiled the new music recently and blew the competition out the water, the Huffington Post reports. That’s because it was composed and performed by none other than the maestro himself. That Prince does like the beautiful women! First lady Michelle Obama…

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  • Prison-Rape 'Joke' About Kwame Kilpatrick's Conviction

    Many Detroiters reacted positively to news that former Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was convicted in federal court of 24 charges related to corruption during his tenure at City Hall, the Huffington Post reports. He was immediately ordered to jail on Monday. A radio station may have taken things too far, however, when hosts made an apparent…

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  • Slain 6-Month-Old: Her Dad Was the Target

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  • Kimani Gray Vigil: Was There Really a Riot?

    Did a vigil for Kimani Gray, who was shot and killed over the weekend by police on a Brooklyn, N.Y., street, turn riotous on Monday night? News reports are unclear. The Daily News reports that anger over Gray’s death triggered a riot during which projectiles were hurled at cops, car windows smashed and a pharmacy…

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  • Next Up on Capitol Hill: Another Budget Fight

    In the next fight on Capitol Hill, Jamelle Bouie writes at the American Prospect, Republicans and Democrats are gearing up to release dueling budgets that reflect different views of America’s future. Senate Democrats are set to release a budget this week, the first time they’ve done so since 2009. As always, it will be a…

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  • How a Black Queen Conceived a White Baby

    (The Root) — This image is part of a weekly series that The Root is presenting in conjunction with the Image of the Black in Western Art Archive at Harvard University’s W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research. The image is the first in a series of 10 large canvases by the Dutch artist Karel van Mander…

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  • Why Liberals Are Wrong on Teen Pregnancy

    (The Root) — There’s a scene in the wildly popular TV show Downton Abbey in which a single mother working as a prostitute to support her son is torn between giving him up for adoption by his wealthy grandparents or raising him herself. A well-heeled, well-meaning social activist encourages her to keep the child, saying…

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  • NYC Tries to Shame Teens Into Not Having Babies

    Colorlines‘ Jamilah King issues a strong rebuke to New York City’s mayor for launching an ad campaign aimed at shaming teen moms of color. The ads feature images of babies in various states of distress, accompanied by text explaining how hard their lives will be because of their parents’ age. A 27 percent drop in…

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  • Why Are 'Frustrated' Black Men in Brazil?

    (The Root) — I blame World Star Hip Hop for this latest round of conversation so many people are having — again — about black American men going to Brazil to meet women and throwing American black women under the bus to justify it. I made it through all 47 minutes of Frustrated Black American…

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