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The State of Black Radio Part 2: The Death of the Listener
Tom Joyner, K-Foxx, Sway Calloway and more weigh in on radio's modern role in the Black community, in the second of an EBONY.com three-part series
By Raqiyah Mays
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[NATURAL HAIR NOW]
This 3-Year-Old Is Becoming a Natural Hair Sensation!
Riley Elle offers tutorials that are sure to inspire your heart as well as your hair regimen
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Ep. 3: The Gift of Giving
[VIDEO] Gift giving entails plenty of intimate sexiness when it comes to couples. Jamyla and Pierre Bennu subliminally explore it all
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Dear R. Kelly
[OPINION] Michael Arceneaux questions the R&B singer's comparisons of himself to Dr. King...and Muhummad Ali...and Jesus
By Michael Arceneaux
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MANDELA REFLECTIONS:
Tell Us How His Life Has Touched Yours
Before his funeral this weekend, please join the EBONY family by writing condolences to the Mandela family and the entire South African nation
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The 2013 Style & Grooming Essentials for Him
Take your pick from the gifts he'll actually want
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The 2013 Fashion & Beauty Must-Haves for Her
Ti's the season of gift giving, for the special ladies in your life
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Black Listed - Today's Top Stories Around the Web

01 Homeless man learns to code, launches app News & Views homeless nyc man launches app Leo Grand's Trees for Cars seeks to decrease the number of cars on the road
02 Veronica Marché Miller of Veronica Marché Illustration and Designs. News & Views miller launches fabulous brown girls The holiday card collection features women of color celebrating the Christmas season
03 Mandela and the Question of Violence News & Views america's hypocrisy about violence At The Atlantic, Ta-Nehisi Coates reminds that America is often contradictory when it comes to where and why violence should be applied
04 Erykah Badu Lands Givenchy's Spring 2014 Campaign Style erykah badu leads givenchy campaign The French fashion house's entire Spring/Summer campaign will be modeled by women of color
05 Sistas On SNL: Saturday Night Live Holds Audition Showcase For Black Women Only Entertainment & Culture secret snl audition for black women The iconic sketch show has come under fire this year for the consistent lack of diversity in its casts

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06 Taye Diggs And Idina Menzel Separate After 10 Years Of Marriage Entertainment & Culture taye diggs, idina menzel separate The pair, who met while co-starring in the original Broadway production of "Rent" in the mid 1990s, have been married for 10 years
07 The media’s Michelle Obama problem: What a selfie says about our biases News & Views white america's flotus problem At Salon, Roxane Gay writes that the media attention given to the First Lady's facial expressions does nothing but reinforce lazy stereotypes about Black women
08 Study: The War on Poverty Works News & Views the war on poverty actually works According to a decade's long study, government money spent on poverty does help reduce it
09 194 Children Have Been Shot and Killed in America in 2013. This Has to Stop. News & Views 194 children shot to death in u.s. At Slate, Justin Peters writes that we should be doing more to prevent this from happening
10 Girl in the Shadows: Dasani’s Homeless Life News & Views meet dasani, homeless and 11 years old The 11 year old is one of NYC's 22,000 homeless children
REMEMBERING NELSON MANDELA<br />[PHOTOS]
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[THE SPIRITUAL LIFE] From Catholic to Muslim: Congressman Keith Ellison Speaks
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[THE SPIRITUAL LIFE] From Catholic to Muslim: Congressman Keith Ellison Speaks

The first Muslim member of Congress on his faith journey
By Brooke Obie Contributing Editor, EBONY.com

In 2006, U.S. Congressman Keith Ellison was elected to represent Minnesota’s 5th district, becoming the state’s first African American representative and the first Muslim to serve in Congress.

To both praise and controversy, Ellison was sworn into office on a copy of the Qur’an once owned by Thomas Jefferson, a reminder of the religious tolerance the nation was founded upon. Ellison’s…

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