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Why African-Americans are more optimistic despite fewer jobs

OPINION - A new study shows that blacks are more economically optimistic than whites, with 36 percent stating that we expect our financial future to improve...

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How black women can combat genital herpes crisis

OPINION - According the Center for Disease Control nearly half of all African-American women are infected with the HSV-2 virus...

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Selma, a town rich with history, seeks new legacy

VIDEO - Take a ride down Broad Street in Selma, and history will greet you nearly every block...

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Torii Hunter is right about blacks in baseball

OPINION - By associating Dominican players with blacks, it disguises the fact that MLB has a long way to go in competing with the NFL and NBA in urban communities...

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Cash strapped Kansas City to close nearly half of its schools

VIDEO - Facing potential bankruptcy, the Kansas City school district is taking the unusual and contentious step of shuttering almost half its schools...

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Obama renews support for Haiti, warns that 'dire' crisis isn't over

WASHINGTON (AP) - Obama said the challenge now is "to prevent a second disaster" with the start of the rainy season...

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Dr. Boyce Watkins

Author and Finance Professor at Syracuse University

Why African-Americans are more optimistic despite fewer jobs

11:10 AM on 03/11/2010

OPINION - A new study shows that blacks are more economically optimistic than whites, with 36 percent stating that we expect our financial future to improve...
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Dr. Janet Taylor

Psychiatrist

How black women can combat genital herpes crisis

10:42 AM on 03/11/2010

OPINION - According the Center for Disease Control nearly half of all African-American women are infected with the HSV-2 virus...
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Marcus Vanderberg

Sports and social commentator

Torii Hunter is right about blacks in baseball

8:57 AM on 03/11/2010

OPINION - By associating Dominican players with blacks, it disguises the fact that MLB has a long way to go in competing with the NFL and NBA in urban communities...
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Earl Ofari Hutchinson

Journalist, author and broadcaster.

Why some people want to make a monkey out of Michelle

11:40 AM on 03/10/2010

OPINION - The long, sordid and savage history of racist stereotyping of African-Americans has been the stock in trade of race baiting and ridicule and for centuries...
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Dr. Boyce Watkins

Author and Finance Professor at Syracuse University

How Obama and Preval can reset US-Haiti relations

10:37 AM on 03/10/2010

OPINION - There is an opportunity for Haitian leadership to renegotiate the nation's relationship with the world...
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Marcus Vanderberg

Sports and social commentator

Will Roethlisberger get the Michael Vick treatment?

10:15 AM on 03/10/2010

OPINION - Ben Roethlisberger, a white athlete, is innocent until proven guilty, but for black athletes, rapper Jay-Z said it best: Guilty until proven innocent...
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Ronda Racha Penrice

Author of African American History For Dummies

Oscars' 'Kanye moment' shouldn't overshadow history

12:17 PM on 03/08/2010

OPINION - Geoffrey Fletcher's historic win for best adapted screenplay is as monumental as Hattie McDaniel's, Sidney Poitier's and Halle Berry's...
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Javier E. David

Writer

Rangel's loss could be Harlem voters' gain

12:02 PM on 03/08/2010

OPINION - Harlem's voters have something they haven't had the benefit of in quite some time: viable options for his potential replacement...
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Clarence Haynes

Writer for VIBE, Newsday, The Source, Publishers Weekly, and Giant Magazine.

Mo'Nique's win is one of Oscar night's 'Precious' moments

11:08 AM on 03/08/2010

OPINION - In a few lines, a raunchy, off-the-cuff comedian showed reverence, gratitude, tenacity and historical awareness...
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Black Caucus wants more from Obama

By theGrio

5:09 PM on 03/11/2010

VIDEO - Several caucus members feel strongly that the president is not listening to their concerns...
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NY attorney general recuses self in Paterson probe

By theGrio

4:18 PM on 03/11/2010

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Andrew Cuomo, who is widely expected to run for governor, had been criticized for investigating Paterson...
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Obama gives $1.4 million Nobel prize to charity

By theGrio

3:49 PM on 03/11/2010

WASHINGTON (AP) - Obama will give $200,000 to the Bush-Clinton Haiti Fund to help the country recover from the earthquake...
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NJ man accused of raping, beating five daughters

By theGrio

1:54 PM on 03/11/2010

PATERSON, N.J. (AP) - A New Jersey man with apocalyptic visions is accused of years of terrorizing his family, raping his five daughters and impregnating three...
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Ex-wife of Mandela creates firestorm by publicly criticizing icon

By theGrio

1:30 PM on 03/11/2010

JOHANNESBURG (AP) - Nelson Mandela's ex-wife has bitterly criticized the 92-year-old anti-apartheid icon as having "let us down," prompting outrage in South Africa...
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Smithsonian receives rare Harriet Tubman items

By theGrio

1:21 PM on 03/11/2010

WASHINGTON (AP) - Tourists and history buffs will be able to see some rare, personal belongings of abolitionist Harriet Tubman when a museum of African-American history opens on the National Mall...
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Once-revered SC lawmaker freezes to death alone

By theGrio

1:17 PM on 03/11/2010

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - When Juanita Goggins became the first black woman elected to the South Carolina Legislature in 1974, she was hailed as a trailblazer and twice visited the president at the White House...
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Foreclosure rates up by smallest amount in years

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10:40 AM on 03/11/2010

WASHINGTON (AP) - The foreclosure crisis in the U.S. isn't over, but the pace of growth may finally be slowing down...
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Chicago woman maintains massive black history archive

By theGrio

4:46 PM on 03/10/2010

VIDEO - The carefully constructed, three-hour interviews open a window not only onto black America, but also onto the human condition...
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Wife of Rep. Conyers sentenced to 37 months in prison

By theGrio

4:15 PM on 03/10/2010

DETROIT (AP) - As guards cleared the packed courtroom, Monica Conyers yelled that she planned to appeal...
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Senate passes jobless aid, business tax breaks

By theGrio

3:54 PM on 03/10/2010

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate voted Wednesday to extend a host of soon-to-expire elements of last year's economic stimulus measure...
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Pit bull home invasion results in death of dog

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3:08 PM on 03/10/2010

VIDEO - A New Albany, Indiana man shot and killed one of two dogs that unexpectedly attacked his dog and tried to force its way into his home on Monday...
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