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Take My Black Card: 8 Black Things I Don't Really Mess With
From Madame Noire: It's a beautiful thing being black. The shared jokes, cultural references and overall sense of pride I feel being a black woman is something I truly treasure. But that being said...
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Gay History Now Required, by Law, to Be Taught in California Social-Studies...
From LA Weekly: Another reason for SoCal Republicans to secede: The children of California will now be required to learn about homosexual contributions to history, a bill proposed by openly gay San...
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Herman Cain on Herman Cain
Herman Cain has been something of an anomaly to those following the build up to the 2012 elections. The presidential hopeful is the former CEO of Godfather's Pizza, a one-time mathematician for the US...
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The Successes and Failures of the Fight Against AIDS
From Good.Is: Thirty years after we first learned of AIDS, the world has made huge advances in its fight against the disease. Public knowledge is up and deaths are down, but we've still got a long,...
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Ruby Bridges Reflects on Her Experience with Racism
From Racism Review: You've probably seen the Norman Rockwell painting, "The Problem We Live With," which shows a 6-year-old Ruby Bridges on her first day of school as she walks through the doors to...
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How Will Women Fare in the World's Newest Country?
From Ms. Magazine: Saturday marked the birth of the world's newest country: the Republic of South Sudan. The separation from the mostly Muslim North after decades of civil war was a result of a...
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#FAME: On C.Breezy's 12,000 Fans
From the Crunk Feminist Collective: This morning, 12,000 fans, some of whom had camped out since Wednesday, showed up to watch Chris Brown perform tracks from his latest album F.A.M.E. (Fans Are My...
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Oscar Grant's Best Friend, Johntue Caldwell, Found Dead
Filed under: News From Colorlines: The tight circle of family and friends still reeling from the loss of Oscar Grant has been dealt another tragic loss. On Friday evening Johntue Caldwell, Oscar...
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Opening Ceremony Launches Their First Kids Collection
From Fashionista: Hipster parents everywhere can breath a sigh of relief. Opening Ceremony is launching their very first kids collection in collaboration with A is for Apple, a Hong Kong-based brand....
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Marine Asks Betty White To Marine Corps Ball: Sgt. Ray Lewis Invites Actress
From the Huffington Post: Forget the Oscars or dinner at Spago, the Marine Corps Ball is quickly becoming the hottest event in Hollywood. Read more here. Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
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P.S. War, I Miss You
Filed under: News From The New York Times: SEVERAL years ago I spent time with a platoon of Army infantry at a remote outpost in eastern Afghanistan, and after the deployment I was surprised that only...
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My Black American Lover is a Sex Freak
From the Daily Independent: Dear Agatha, I am an avid follower of your column because of the practical and truthful way you answer questions from your followers. I am a 32-year-old Nigerian residing...
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Paula Patton on Hollywood: 'It's a Very Difficult Business'
From the Examiner: Paula Patton is really starting to blow up. Sure, the 35-year-old actress has been in films like"Deja Vu," "Hitch," and "Idlewild," but once "Precious" hit theaters (hitting fans...
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Why Blue Can't Save The Inner Cities
From Business Insider: We've been trying to solve the problems of the American inner cities for almost fifty years with the ideas, institutions, and techniques of 20th century progressive and liberal...
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Oprah Winfrey's Australia Visit Fails to Boost Tourism
From the Telegraph: The internationally-televised tour, which included 300 fans whose holidays were paid by Australia's tourism agencies, was tipped by Tourism Australia to be worth $360 million (£237...
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Obama Pushes Businesses to Invest $118 Million in Education
From USA Today: President Obama meets this afternoon with business and non-profit groups dedicated to improving the nation's school systems -- and hopes to come away with at least $118 million in...
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Space Coast Women's Congress Gets Charter
From Florida Today: When the Space Coast Chapter of the National Congress of Black Women received its charter Saturday evening, it became both the newest and the second-largest chapter of the advocacy...
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'Workout Kid' Is 10-Year-Old Fitness Sensation
Filed under: Fitness, Health From Yahoo: C.J. Senter may or may not be the next Tony Horton or the next Barry Sanders, but he is definitely the next 10-year-old to watch. Granted, when most people hear...
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Trend Alert: Colored Jeans
Filed under: Trends On a breezy day ditch the short shorts and opt for a bright pair of jeans. Decide between denim in bright red, blue or green instead of just light, medium or dark wash. Check out...
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Black Prodigy's Admission to UConn Revoked Amid Claims of Radical Poetry
From Color Lines: Thirteen-year-old Autum Ashante is a child prodigy. She could read at age 2, and by 3 she was writing and performing poetry. Less than ten years later, at the age of 12, the Bronx...
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