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Remembering Onizuka, McNair 25 Years After Challenger Disaster

by Hatty Lee on January 28 2011, 12:45PM

Ellison Onizuka and Ronald McNair were among the first astronauts of color to go to space.

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Asian Americans Still Largely Missing From Hollywood

by Jamilah King on January 27 2011, 5:07PM

Despite progress, advocates say more needs to be done to ensure fair representation on both sides of the camera.

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Antoine Dodson’s Got Jokes With ‘Epic Fail Mutual’

by Jamilah King on January 27 2011, 10:24AM

Someone’s got to look out for accidental celebrities, right?

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Amy Chua Tells Stephen Colbert He Too Can be a ‘Tiger Mother’

by Jorge Rivas on January 26 2011, 4:45PM

The author puts her Harvard Law School degree to use and defends herself.

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Smuggle Truck, the iPad Game that Trivializes Border-Crossing

by Channing Kennedy on January 25 2011, 12:05PM

Video games have power, and this uses it in all the wrong ways.

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Readers Learn Their Lesson About The Tiger Mother

by Channing Kennedy on January 22 2011, 1:36AM

A round-up of some of this week’s best reader-lead conversations.

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Fox News Can’t Decide Whether to Love or Hate Latinos

by Jorge Rivas on January 21 2011, 3:57PM

The big lesson? You can’t have it both ways.

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Verizon Takes FCC to Court Over New Web Rules

by Jamilah King on January 21 2011, 1:25PM

Get ready. It’s gonna be a long year in the battle to keep the Internet free from corporate takeovers.

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Open Web Activists Applaud Rep. Eshoo’s Victory on Capitol Hill

by Jamilah King on January 21 2011, 10:07AM

The pro-regulatory lawmaker beat out Rep. Bobby Rush for key tech position.

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Rush Limbaugh on Chinese President: “CHING CHANG CHONG”

by Jorge Rivas on January 20 2011, 4:06AM

We can’t say we’re surprised, but Rush Limbaugh is at it again.

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Comcast Merger Worries Indie Artists, Web Advocates

by Jamilah King on January 19 2011, 2:39PM

Welcome to the latest part in the saga over equal media access.

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Man With Golden Voice Ted Williams Heads To Rehab, How It All Unfolded

by Jorge Rivas on January 13 2011, 11:00AM

An interactive look at how Ted Williams went from from hero to villain in less than two weeks.

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ELLE Cover Lightens The Most Beautiful Woman in the World

by Jorge Rivas on January 12 2011, 10:00AM

ELLE is at it again, this time they’ve lightened the most beautiful woman in the world.

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Oprah’s Book Club Hasn’t Included Female Authors Since 2004

by Jorge Rivas on January 11 2011, 11:42AM

Oprah’s Book Club hasn’t read a woman novelist since 2004 and only three authors of color in the last decade.

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Fox News Affiliate Exploits Homeless Looking for New Golden Voice

by Jorge Rivas on January 10 2011, 2:19PM

A Fox News affiliate in Indianapolis gets downright tacky in its search for the next Ted Williams.

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Film Critic Roger Ebert Gets Schooled Over His “Huck Finn” Read

by Jorge Rivas on January 6 2011, 12:39PM

Film critic Roger Ebert keeps putting his foot in his mouth.

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Two Young Girls Climb U.S./Mexico Border Fence in 18 Seconds

by Jorge Rivas on January 4 2011, 1:43PM

Is the fence along the U.S.-Mexican border a waste of money? See for yourself.

Topics: Immigration, Media

Nickelodeon Gets Diversity Points, But Still Overlooks Race

by Jorge Rivas on January 3 2011, 1:11PM

The network adds another young black actor to its line-up of sitcom stars.

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Oprah Winfrey Network Debuts Without Young People, Latinos

by Jorge Rivas on January 3 2011, 11:05AM

Critics still say it’s still an ambitious and well-received start.

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The White World of Sports Journalism

by Dexter Rogers on January 3 2011, 10:05AM

Dexter Rogers takes a break from covering January’s big games to ask how the press box became a bastion of white privilege.

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