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Faulty water systems are catastrophic for the urban poor

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How breaking news is breaking us: The rush to report Philip Seymour Hoffman’s death

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Desensitized to horror: When mass shootings stop shocking us

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The Golden Globes’ race problem: Why awards shows matter

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The Melissa Harris-Perry media frenzy: How a white news world sees a woman of color

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How can you study when you can’t eat? The invisible problem of hunger on campus

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Searching for Avonte Oquendo: How racial suspicion hurts missing black kids

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Private preschool is a racket

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Millennials deserve megaphones too

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The student loan crisis’ biggest victims

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“Breast is best” is about race too

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The school segregation battle isn’t over

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The right’s ridiculous Ebony outrage

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What Don Lemon gets wrong about moms

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In the “mommy wars,” black single moms are invisible

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What being an unmarried mom taught me about fatherhood

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