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Community Members, Union Leaders, Gang Members Unite to Protest Closing of South Side Hospital

STUDY: Blacks Are Nearly 4 Times As Likely As Whites of Being Arrested for Pot Possession

140 People Arrested in Latest North Carolina NAACP Protests

18 Year-Old Dionte Maxwell Shot and Killed When Strangers Crashed Family BDay Party

Dwyane Wade Backs ‘This Is Fatherhood’ Campaign

11 Year-Old Tayloni Mazyck Paralyzed After Being Struck with Stray Bullet

Today in Post-Race History: The Essential Tyler Perry

George Zimmerman’s Attorneys Apologize for Mischaracterizing Evidence

Chicago School Closings, Linked-Fate, and the Power of a Shared Experience

9 Year-Old Activist Asean Johnson Continues Fight Against Chicago School Closings

Cheerios Commercial Featuring Interracial Family Ignites Racist Backlash

St. Louis Police Under Fire After Shooting Black Honor Student 25 Times

22 Year-Old Cortlan Wickliff is Youngest African American to Graduate from Harvard Law

Ohio Health Program Lets Teens Teach Their Peers About Sex

Bobby Rush Calls IL Sen. Kirk’s Chicago Gang Plan “Upper-Middle Class, Elitist White Boy Solution”

Cultivating Black Male Complexity: Lessons Learned from Working with Black Male Youth

Black 14 Year-Old Carrying a Puppy Attacked by Police for Giving Them a “Dehumanizing Stare”

VA Gov. Bob McDonnell Commits to Expediting Restoration of Voting Rights for Non-Violent Felons

My Time in Israel

Brittney Griner Covers ESPN Magazine; Talks Coming Out, Bullying, and Sexual Identity

Chicago Closes 50 Public Schools, While Spending $100 Million on Private Stadium Project?!

New Report Takes Aim at New York City’s School-to-Prison Pipeline

Closing Schools Means Time To Move: Are More People Going To Leave Chicago?

George Zimmerman’s Legal Defense Fund is Nearly Empty Less Than Two Weeks Before Trial

Alice Walkers Pens Letter To Alicia Keys, Asking That She Cancel Israel Concert

Youth Homelessness is On The Rise in Illinois

Number of Blacks in Elite Careers Hurt by Declining Racial Diversity Efforts

Father of Slain 6-Month Old Jonylah Watkins Pledges to Turn His Life Around

CPS: High School Graduation Rate in Chicago Hits Record High

Flamin’ Hot Cheetos Versus Fresh Fruits: Where Are the Grocery Stores in the Black Community?

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