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Scandal: Is Jungle Fever Changing Hollywood?

We’ve come a long way since Captain Kirk and Lt. Uhura’s intergalactic kiss on that 1968 episode of Star Track.With increasing momentum...
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UCLA Nursing's program to aid Latina and Black teen moms to receive funding

On November 28, the UCLA School of Nursing announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has chosen an adolescent pregnancy...
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The power of black

As anyone who’s stolen a look at Gawker or TMZ – or WWD, knows – by way of the fashion-ubiquitous Ashton Kutcher – Fashion...
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Metal from the sky

The Scion Rock Fest 2011 went off without a hitch last Saturday March 5th and these bands were only some of many said to be present in full metal...
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Vintage black jazz, ragtime, minstrelsy on CD & DVD

If you’ve ever wondered what African American entertainment sounded like a century ago, you’ve probably found little or nothing to...
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Hemp-hooray: Marrakesh Oil brings Morrocan-style sheen to hair

I got a trim from my Manhattan Beach-based stylist yesterday and she treated me to a special conditioning via Marrakesh Oil Hair Styling Elixir.As...
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The Man in the Mirror: Jackson's skewed self-image

As anyone who has not been ensconced in a hyperbolic chamber for the last week knows, Michael Jackson is dead. The 50-year-old King of Pop...
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Pool your resources: Keeping swimmer's hair healthy

When it’s summertime and the living is easy—at least for kids not enrolled in summer school—nearly everyone likes to cool off...
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"The Princess and the Frog": Disney to present its first black princess

Every little girl—save the occasional 24/7 tomboy—wants to be a princess at some point. And when it comes to being a princess,...
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A mini-meadow of blue grama survives the fire

I can’t recall what got into me to plant a mini-meadow of blue grama grass. I should have let the professionals do it, but after taking a...
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