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Khaliyl’s Big Brother Kieyen Loves To Read

by Noelle de la Paz on December 14 2011, 6:35PM

From history books to comics to biographies on the Obamas, the baby rapper’s older brother loves reading time with Dad.

Charles & Ray Eames Get Some L.A. Love From Ice Cube

by Channing Kennedy on December 8 2011, 6:17PM

Rapper and actor (and architecture student) Ice Cube shows some love for egalitarian design pioneers Charles and Ray Eames, in a video for a new L.A. arts campaign.

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This Holiday Season Send Some Love Through Prison Walls

by Noelle de la Paz on December 7 2011, 4:29PM

Just Detention International’s holiday campaign is a simple way to send a little love and light to an incarcerated survivor of sexual abuse.

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Today’s Love Goes to Khaliyl, Our Favorite 2-Year-Old Rapper

by Noelle de la Paz on December 6 2011, 5:30PM

Little Khaliyl Iloyi can barely keep the smile off his face as he demonstrates his impeccable rhythm.

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Today’s Love: Students Study at Freedom University

by Noelle de la Paz on December 5 2011, 6:00PM

A clandestine operation in Athens, GA is providing undocumented college students the opportunity to study, after the Board of Regents banned them from attending any of the state’s top five public universities.

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Today’s Love: Martina Davis Correia’s Fight for Justice

by Julianne Hing on December 2 2011, 6:00PM

The indomitable activist who fought the execution of her brother Troy Davis until his last breath earlier this year has passed away.

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Manu Chao Performs ‘Clandestino’ At Sheriff Arpaio’s Tent City

by Channing Kennedy on December 1 2011, 5:22PM

The musician made a special stop in Arizona on his U.S. tour.

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New Documentary ‘Soul Food Junkies’ Needs Your Support

by Noelle de la Paz on November 30 2011, 7:08PM

Help filmmaker Byron Hurt complete his new documentary that examines this beloved African American food tradition.

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Today’s Love Goes to Nicole Harris, El Paso’s Treadmill Dancing Queen

by Noelle de la Paz on November 29 2011, 5:57PM

She glides and spins with such grace that a fellow gym-goer just had to record it. The Dancing Queen’s stage: a Planet Fitness treadmill.

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Today’s Love: D.C. Woman Coaches Boys Football Team to Championship

by Noelle de la Paz on November 28 2011, 6:00PM

Former D.C. Divas wide receiver, head coach and science teacher Natalie Randolph led the Coolidge Colts to D.C.’s 42nd annual Thanksgiving Day championship Turkey Bowl.

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Today’s Love: Wampanoag Tribe Revives Indigenous Language

by Noelle de la Paz on November 23 2011, 5:45PM

‘We Still Live Here: Âs Nutayuneân’ tells the inspiring story of the Wampanoag Nation’s revival of their native language.

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Today’s Love: Trio of Siblings from Mexico Cover Adele’s ‘Rolling in the Deep’

by Noelle de la Paz on November 22 2011, 3:41PM

Angie, 10, Gustavo, 13, and Abelardo, 15, have taken the internet by storm with their experiment in Dad’s music studio.

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Today’s Love: Ella Fitzgerald’s Victory at the Apollo’s Amateur Night

by Noelle de la Paz on November 21 2011, 4:31PM

77 years ago today, the jazz legend won over her first crowd at the famous Apollo Theater’s Amateur Night.

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Fashion Ideas That You’ll Love: 25 Ways to Wear a Scarf

by Jamilah King on November 18 2011, 3:14PM

Trying to keep it cute this winter? Here’s a good place to start.

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World Leaders Teach ‘Unhate’ by Kissing Each Other on the Lips

by Jorge Rivas on November 17 2011, 5:51PM

An Italian clothing company launches a campaign to get people to “Unhate.”

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Three African American Boys Become Chess Masters

by Noelle de la Paz on November 16 2011, 5:24PM

And they’re barely into their teen years.

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Father Celebrates Daughter’s Wedding With Dance Medley

by Noelle de la Paz on November 15 2011, 6:00PM

Watch Ashley Richmond and her father David Sparks work the dance floor when what begins as a traditional father-daughter dance breaks into a lively choreographed number.

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