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Sixth-Grader Brings Gun To School To Protect Himself In Case of School Shooting

President Obama is Time Magazine’s Person of the Year

Refusing to Grin and Bear It

Brooklyn Woman Suing NYPD After Being Arrested for Filming Stop and Frisk

STUDY: Many Black Women Avoid Exercise To Maintain Hair

Sao Paulo Governor Accused of Launching Deadly Campaign Against Black Youth

If Lamb Chops or The Puzzle Place Was Your Ish, THEN YOUR GONNA LOVE THIS!

The Children Are Dying

Gun Control Debate Rages In Aftermath of Sandy Hook Massacre

18 Year-Old Polite Stewart Earns Bachelors Degree in Physics

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Violence vs. Apathy

Mass Shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary; 27 Dead, Including 18 Children

Chicago Students Stage Sit-In; Demand Principal Resign

Examining The Politics of “Throwing Shade” in the LGBTQ Community: Why Hurt People— Hurt People & Is Shade Necessary?

WATCH: BET’s ‘Murder to Excellence: Life & Hip Hop in Chicago’ Documentary

Susan Rice Drops Out of Running For Sec. of State Due to ‘Partisan Politics’

1 in 5 Female College Students Experience Sexual Assault

19 Year-Old Britney Exline Is Youngest African American Engineer in the U.S.

Black Meteorologist Fired for Responding to Racist Facebook Comment About Her Hair

Top News Stories About Black Youth from Across the Nation: December 12-18

Angela Davis Launches ‘Bury The Ratchet’ Campaign to Fight Negative Images of Black Women

WATCH: Caroline Wozniacki’s Racist Impersonation of Serena Williams

Top News Stories About Black Youth from Across the Nation: December 4 – 11

Beyonce Signs $50 Million Pepsi Deal; Faces Criticism

They Not, Real Gangstas

Morehouse College Launches LGBT Course

A Hip-Hop Holiday Mix

Dialectic Thought and Contradictions: There Aint No Post-Racial Society & there Aint No Black and White

MUST SEE VIDEO: Two Young Women Discuss Depression, Abuse and The Power of Friendship

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