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Both Sides in NFL Win Some, Lose Some
From Philly.com: So, now that the 136-Day War is over and Roger Goodell and DeMaurice Smith have given each other a man hug, who won this 4 1/2-month battle besides the army of $800-an-hour lawyers...
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20 Years Later, 'Boyz N the Hood' Still Powerful
From the Los Angeles Times: Twenty years ago this month, a small, hip-hop infused coming-of-age drama set in South-Central Los Angeles called 'Boyz N the Hood' was causing extreme reactions from two...
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102nd NAACP Convention to Include Screening Of 'The Help'
From indieWire: Yes, really. We've written about The Help extensively on this site, and now the drama set in the 1960s segregated South will be presented in a special advanced screening at the 102nd...
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The Biggest Lie About Race? That It's Real
From the Root: There's a reason we'll never come to a consensus on the most accurate racial classifications for Barack Obama or Tiger Woods. There's a reason questions about ethnicity on the census...
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Random Midday Hotness: Jamming With James, Michael and Prince
From PostBourgie: When someone mentioned this to me a little while ago, I thought it was a joke. A sweaty James Brown jams with his band, and then invites Michael Jackson, who is in the audience, to...
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Male Birth Control Pills Inching Closer To A Reality
Filed under: Sexual Health, Men's Health Since the 1960s, women have been afforded the convenience of taking oral contraceptives,but soon it may be men who take the pills. Researchers are getting...
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Formerly Homeless Student Starts Nonprofit to Help His Peers Get to College
From Good.Is: Nineteen-year-old New York City student Orayne Williams knows a lot about how to avoid becoming a statistic. Last year Williams, who was abandoned by his family when he was 12 and spent...
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Raphael Saadiq Moves 'Down the Line' In New Video
Grammy Award-winner singer, songwriter Raphael Saadiq has remained pretty consistent in releasing music throughout his illustrious career. And this week mark the release of his latest single off of...
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Marquita Pring Talks Plus Size Modeling, Padding & Vogue
Filed under: Curvy Girl's Guide From WWD: For most models, a spread in Vogue is nothing short of a pipe dream. For plus-size models, it's even more of a rarity. But Marquita Pring, who fluctuates...
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'Dear Daddy' Documentary Hightlights Heartbreaking Fatherless Stories
Filed under: Lifestyle/ Health Any father who doubts that his absence isn't having a damaging effect on his children should listen to the telling letters in the new documentary 'Dear Daddy.' The film...
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Kelly Rowland's Racy Vibe Cover
Filed under: Celebrity Style Kelly Rowland is on a roll with her hit single "Motivation" and the killer performance she gave at the 2011 BET Awards. Her new album is now in stores, and to promote "Here...
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Yes, I'm Black; No, You Can't Touch My Hair
From Good.Is: Today, CNN International tackles a problem many people of color, myself included, have experienced over the years: Strangers touching your hair. Read more here. Permalink | Email this |...
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Why You Can't Put a Price on Rosa Parks
From the Grio: Rosa Parks has been immortalized as the "Mother of the Civil Rights Movement". That fateful day in 1955 when she refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama helped...
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Emergency Food Aid Headed to Horn of Africa
From VOA News: The U.N. World Food Program is set to begin its emergency airlift of food to the drought-stricken Horn of Africa on Wednesday. Read more here. Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs |...
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Nicki Minaj and Safaree Get Into Another Fight?
From Media Take Out: For the second time in nearly a month, Nicki Minaj and her boyfriend Safaree got into a heated altercation. Read more here. Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
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Juan Williams To O'Reilly: NPR Thought I Was Talking To The 'Devil' By Going...
From the Huffington Post: Juan Williams talked to Bill O'Reilly about his favorite subject on Monday's "O'Reilly Factor": the awfulness of NPR. Read more here. Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs |...
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Recession Study Finds Hispanics Hit the Hardest
From the New York Times: Hispanic families accounted for the largest single decline in wealth of any ethnic and racial group in the country during the recession, according to a study published Tuesday...
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God Is in the Basement of the Empire State Building
From New York Magazine: Each spring, the King's College, a Christian school occupying two floors in the Empire State Building, hosts a series of lectures and debates on a single theme. This year's...
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Famine in East Africa
From the Atlantic: With East Africa facing its worst drought in 60 years, affecting more than 11 million people, the United Nations has declared a famine in the region for the first time in a...
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Al Sharpton, MSNBC and Journalistic Standards
From the Salon: On Sunday, Cenk Uygur was interviewed by CNN's Howard Kurtz about Uygur's departure from MSNBC, and Ugyur claimed that Al Sharpton -- widely reported to be his replacement -- vowed in...
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