In Book, Sugar Ray Leonard Says Coach Sexually Abused Him

In Book, Sugar Ray Leonard Says Coach Sexually Abused Him

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Not Good but Getting Better: A Small Southern Town Tries to Shake Memories of Klan Violence

Not Good but Getting Better: A Small Southern Town Tries to Shake Memories of Klan Violence

ANNISTON, Ala. - Down highway 202 on a patch of land not far from where old ...

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Black Women Are Less Attractive. Oh, Really?

Black Women Are Less Attractive. Oh, Really?

From The Root: A posting on the Psychology Today's the Scientific Fundamentalist ...

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Kilpatrick to Detroit Upon Prison Release: 'I Will Return'

From the Detroit News: Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, released from state prison this morning after serving 14 months, vowed to come back to Detroit to tell his story. "Detroit, I will return to speak frankly with you about this experience because it has affected all of us," Kilpatrick said ...
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Kilpatrick to Detroit Upon Prison Release: \'I Will Return\'

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The Drug War: Jim Crow in the Age of Obama

From AlterNet: The NAACP has just passed a historic resolution demanding an end to the War on Drugs. The resolution comes as young Black male unemployment hovers near 50 percent and the wealth gap's become a veritable gulf. So why is the forty-year-old "War on Drugs" public enemy number one for the ...
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The Drug War: Jim Crow in the Age of Obama

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Perry Helped Keep Civil Rights Era Peaceful

From The State: Nobody can remember seeing Matthew Perry angry. Determined? Always. Fearless? No question. Forceful and firm? Without a doubt. Kind, compassionate and respectful? Without fail. But never angry. Never bitter. Perry's remarkable temperament - and unmatched legal skills - were ...
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Perry Helped Keep Civil Rights Era Peaceful

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Diva Wide Receiver Randy Moss Retires and Deserves a Spot in the NFL Hall of Fame

From The Fan Sports Radio: One of the best to ever play the game has to decided to call it quits. After 13 seasons, Randy Moss is retiring. Despite being known around the league as having a terrible attitude and a tumor on any team we was a part of, Randy Moss still put up spectacular numbers that ...
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Diva Wide Receiver Randy Moss Retires and Deserves a Spot in the NFL Hall of Fame

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In Kenya, Forced Male Circumcision and a Struggle for Justice

From the Atlantic: The mob, members of an outlawed gang, blindfolded Walter Odondi with a strip of cloth and steered him through the narrow alleys of Nairobi's Kibera slum, slapping him with the flat sides of their machetes as they went. They frog-marched the frightened 16-year-old for half an hour ...
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