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At Sleepaway Camp, Math Is Main Sport
From the New York Times: As camps go, the Summer Program in Mathematical Problem Solving might sound like a recipe for misery: six hours of head-scratching math instruction each day and nights in a...
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1 in 5 Women Choosing to Stay Childfree, How About You?
Filed under: Women's Health From Clutch: Contrary to popular belief, all women do not want to have children. Shocking, I know. I was watching the Today Show this morning, when they profiled Lilit...
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I'm Proud My Daughter is Locked Up... So to Speak
Filed under: Hair Politics, Hair and Beauty From Essence: Way before my 12-year-old was a big ol', tall-as-I-am thang, she was an adorable baby who happened to bear the burden of the slowest-growing...
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Radio & TV Talk Atlanta-Based 'The Mo'Nique Show' Canceled
Filed under: Television From Access Atlanta: Earlier today, I heard that "The Mo'Nique Show" had been axed. I had sent an email out to various BET publicists to ask what was up. No word back. Read more...
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NFL Roundup: Donovan McNabb Headed to Vikings
From the Detroit Free Press: Donovan McNabb's time in Washington is over after only a year. The Minnesota Vikings acquired the veteran quarterback from the Redskins on Wednesday night in exchange for...
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Unearthing Traces of African-American Village Displaced by Central Park
From the New York Times: For more than a decade, anthropologists and historians pieced together the history of a short-lived African-American community that was snuffed out in the 1850s by the...
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NAACP Urges Minorities to Get to Polls in 2012
From USA Today: The NAACP plans a big push to increase minority turnout in the 2012 elections, hoping to gain political influence and turn back what the civil rights group says are efforts in various...
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The Black and White Labor Gap in America
From American Progress: Our nation's economy is now two years into a shaky recovery following the Great Recession of 2007-2009, yet for the millions of Americans still out of work, the recovery is...
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Lauryn Hill Confirms That Rohan Marley Is Not The Father of Her Newborn Baby
From Bossip: Looks like Lauryn Hill seed numero seis doesn't belong to that shady Rohan Marley after all... Read more here. Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
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6 Hip Hop Wives With Their Own Hustle
From the Atlanta Post: Hip Hop is hard on marriage. Any fame is. But what can be helpful to any union, prominent or otherwise, is meaningful work. Engaging in your own thing is a good mental health...
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Wells Fargo Probed by Feds for Preying on Black Borrowers
Filed under: Housing, Mortgage, Banking From Salon.com: Staggering findings have emerged about the vast extent to which minority households were worse hit by the housing market crash than white...
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June Ambrose's Juniverse Set To Launch Next Month
From Fashion Bomb Daily: Stylist extraordinaire June Ambrose will be launching a website dubbed Juniverse next month. The cyberstop will document her day-to-day life and various style filled...
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Black Student Can't Be Valedictorian
From Court House News: A high school southeast of Little Rock would not let a black student be valedictorian though she had the highest grade-point average, and wouldn't let her mom speak to the...
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Beyonce Will Not Publish Soul Food Cookbook
From the Huffington Post: Beyonce's publicist told Today.com that Beyonce has no plans for a cookbook. "This is untrue," she said. Read more here. Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
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Obama's Weekly Job Approval Ties Term Low of 43%
From Gallup: President Barack Obama averaged a 43% job approval rating for the week of July 18-24, tied for the lowest weekly average of his administration. Obama's rating at this point is lower than...
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The Real Deal: Muslim Witness To Cain's Mosque Visit Calls Sentiments Genuine
From TPMDC: The change of heart is a time-honored part of American political theater. As public sentiments (read: polling) change, politicians often find a way to alter their positions through...
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Snapped: Garcelle Beauvais
Filed under: Celebrity Style Garcelle Beauvais looked radiant attending the debut of Lia Sophia's latest jewelry creations at the Sunset Marquis wearing a bright Marc Jacobs stripped skirt similar to a...
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50 Cent Threatens To Withhold New Album ... Again
From MTV News: 50 Cent is no stranger to controversy, and the G-Unit general has once again caused a stir with some early morning tweets saying he won't release another album on Interscope and...
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Met to Extend Hours on Final Weekend of McQueen Exhibit
From WWD Fashion: In an unprecedented move prompted by the success of "Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty," the Metropolitan Museum of Art is extending the hours of the exhibition for the final weekend....
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Deficit Cutting Will Widen Retirement Gap for Minorities
From Reuters: New research finds an appalling 20 to one chasm in net worth between white and black Americans, and an 18 to one gap between whites and Hispanics. The Pew Research Center found that the...
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