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President George W. Bush (L) and U.S. President Barack Obama arrive in the East Room for the unveiling of Bush's offical portrait at the White House May 31, 2012 in Washington, DC. Commissioned by the White House Historical Association, the portraits will hang in the White House next to portraits of the other past presidents. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

What do Bush and Obama have in common?

Perry Bacon Jr.
OPINION - George W. Bush and Barack Obama, neither of whom was considered an ideologue before they entered office, have presided over the most politically divisive time in modern American history...
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A view of Christ Church College from The Broad Walk on March 22, 2012 in Oxford, England. (Photo by Oli Scarff/Getty Images)

Oxford librarian 'sacked' for Harlem Shake video

Associated Press
LONDON (AP) — Oxford University students are rallying behind a librarian who they say was unfairly sacked after students filmed themselves performing the 'Harlem Shake' in a college library...
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Quilt depicting lynching sparks controversy at Indianapolis library.

Library’s ‘lynching quilt’ sparks controversy

Steve Jefferson, NBC News
VIDEO - An exhibit at the Indianapolis Central Library includes a piece of art that many people will view as controversial...
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Artist Kara Walker attends the opening reception for the reinstallation of contemporary art from the collection at MOMA on June 29, 2010 in New York, City. (Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images)

Newark library displays drawing of slave having sex with white man

Associated Press
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - A library that covered up a drawing of a black female slave having sex with a white man after workers found it inappropriate is displaying it again...
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Beyoncé on the cover of the February issue of 'GQ' magazine

GQ: Beyoncé has a 'crazy archive' dedicated to herself

Carrie Healey
theGRIO REPORT - It is a 'temperature-controlled digital-storage facility' that contains every existing image of her...
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Viola Davis helps library in cash-strapped RI town

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CENTRAL FALLS, R.I. (AP) - The Adams Memorial Library said Monday that it got a $1,000 check from Davis, who grew up in Central Falls...
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Obama reads his children's book to 2nd graders

theGrio
ARLINGTON, Virginia (AP) - He also answered a few questions on life in the White House and whether it's fun being president...
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Schomburg Center getting Maya Angelou's papers

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NEW YORK (AP) - More than 300 boxes of Maya Angelou's personal papers, including letters from Malcolm X and James Baldwin will be made public at a New York library...
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