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New black Barbies break the mold
7:45 AM on 10/02/2009
OPINION - In the era of Obama and in the age of Oprah come three new potentially iconic Americans, who just may help in the long march towards gender equality...
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New Orleans spirit shines four years after Katrina
1:10 PM on 08/29/2009
OPINION - Much work remains to restore housing, infrastructure, jobs, and other essentials in New Orleans. But there are bright spots...
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Tributes to hero of Underground Railroad may finally surface
12:00 PM on 08/09/2009
As President Obama and the nation's lawmakers tackle hot-button issues like health care reform, momentum is quietly building to honor an American heroine who instituted her own brand of reform and change: Harriet Tubman.
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Raising successful black boys alone, but not without help
9:41 AM on 08/06/2009
David Miller is a man on a mission. Simply put, he wants single mothers who are raising sons to know they're not alone.
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American poverty as serious as in developing world
7:48 AM on 06/16/2009
On June 20, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and other activists are hoping to draw as many as 50,000 people...
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