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Republicans Fear Hillary Clinton in 2016
Republican leaders planned their party’s political comeback at Thursday’s Republican National Committee spring meeting. Their strategy includes courting minority voters and updating their political operations, Time magazine reports. But there could be a major stumbling block: Hillary Clinton. One early primary state RNC member put it simply: “If she gets in, we’re toast.” To be…
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NC A&T on Lockdown After Reports of Man With Rifle
Updated: April 12, 12:15 p.m. EDT: Police have not found anyone matching the description of the man with the gun, nor have they found a firearm on campus, according to the News & Record. North Carolina A&T State University is on lockdown after a man was seen with a gun on campus, according to Greensboro,…
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Trayvon Martin: The Latest, Week 57
Friday, April 12, 11:16 a.m. EDT: George Zimmerman’s lawyer asks a judge to unseal settlement documents: An attorney for George Zimmerman on Thursday filed a motion requesting the release of details surrounding a confidential agreement recently reached between Trayvon Martin’s family and the homeowners association of the Sanford, Fla., subdivision where he shot and killed…
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For Ray J and LL: Things Not to Sing About
Michael Arceneaux, writing at Ebony, has a few things for the “I Hit It First” and “Accidental Racist” performers to consider before they head to the studio again. Dear Ray J: As proud as you are about your sexual adventures with Kim Kardashian, I think it’s time someone informed you that no sex is worth…
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How '42' Star Prepped to Play Baseball Great
(The Root) — Is it irony or fate that the same week the film 42 is opening, rumblings are surfacing that Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig is creating a task force to examine why African Americans make up only 7.7 percent of MLB’s players? The biopic about how Jackie Robinson — the legendary player…
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Abortion House of Horrors: Why a Draw?
Updated Monday, May 13, 2013: Dr. Kermit Gosnell has been found guilty of three counts of first-degree murder for severing the spinal cords of infants born during abortions, according to the Washington Post. He was also found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the death of 41-year-old Karnamaya Mongar, who died from an overdose of drugs…
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Black America: Still a Tale of 2 Countries
The Root DC’s Hamil R. Harris analyzes the results of a recent Urban League report. While African Americans have made significant economic gains since the 1960s the definition of wealth and success remains a tale of the haves and the have nots when black achievement is compared to the success of whites. The National Urban League…
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Marriage Is Great, but LGBT People of Color Need Job Security
Lack of legal protections for members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community in two-thirds of the 50 states means that more people live in poverty because they don’t have the same rights as other Americans, Imara Jones writes at Colorlines. As the Supreme Court weighed arguments on same-sex marriage, Chief Justice John Roberts…
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The Huxtables Were Awesome: Statistical Proof
OK, maybe it isn’t statistical proof that the Cosby Show’s Huxtable family was the best ever, but there’s certainly some data reminding us that the fictional clan was widely loved. In a recent survey, TV fans of all races liked the idea of being a part of their tightly knit and stereotype-defying African-American household. From…
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On Sex, Race and Tyga at Harvard
In a piece for Manifesta magazine, Joshua Hernández and Rachel Cheong, two “self-identified feminists of color on the Ivy League grind,” take on the issue of the rapper Tyga’s invitation to perform on their campus. The takeaway: Controversy aside, it’s time to come together as a community to fight racist patriarchy. Let’s start off by…