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"Chess is a lot like my life," she says through an interpreter. "If you make smart moves you can stay away from danger, but you know any bad decision ...
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Rethinking Black Reality: One Woman + Her 20 Chara...

For those of you who enjoy theater arts and poetry I thought you may find this young woman worthy of your time and attention. Dominique Fishback is a ...
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PT 1: An Honest Conversation Between You and IR...

"My main issue is that I'm struggling terribly with trying to reconnect to my sexual side in a healthy way and generally see sex and my overwhelming d...
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Orange is the New Black: Are You Watching the New ...

My news feed has been going crazy lately and I'm no dummy, how many times must I see "Orange is the New Black" before I caved in and watched. I know t...
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4 Year Old Genius Invited to Mensa: But Are Her Pa...

Anala Beevers is just four years old, but she already knows the location and capital of every US state. She learned the alphabet at four months of age...
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Getting Familiar with His Familia: Meeting His Fam...

The word family can either cause the average person to break out in a huge smile while feeling those warm and tingly reminders of all things safe and ...
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10 Mentoring Activities That Urban Kids Can Use...

I'm so stoked to see that roaring interest in actually inquiring into the needs of the po' innah city youfs. After all, one can't be expected to achie...
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Jaded Hearts: A Well Written Interracial Love Stor...

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Good News You Can Use: Two Teens Chase Down Kidnap...

Let's recognize a good deed when it's done. These boys had no reason to get involved, and since they are kid's themselves, they could have waited f...
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My hometown of Jersey City, New Jersey is a cultural melting pot, known as a 'stuck' town, consisting of newly arriving migrant people who end up find...
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Butt Naked While Brown: Perfection, Normalcy and T...

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Who Is Tracy Renee Jones? B*tch, Snitch or Get Hit...

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Get Brand New On Um: 5 Ways to Reinvent, Rejuvenat...

iStock_000004447349XSmallRoutines can be both a good and a bad thing. The ability to go about your life without having to put much thought into what y...
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My Advice to You…..Consider the Source

Sometimes its hard to know what to say when dealing with people in general. Of course, we all want to feel like our opinions are valued and we're all ...
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