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If We the New Slaves, When Are We Gonna Get Free?

14 Year-Old D’Asia Robinson Killed by Stray Bullet While Riding City Bus

Michelle Obama at Bowie State: Too many young people “fantasize about being a baller or a rapper”

Kanye West’s “New Slaves” Rails Against the Prison-Industrial Complex

Murder of Mark Carson in NY’s Greenwich Village Being Investigated as Antigay Hate Crime

Pres. Obama’s Morehouse Commencement Speech Raises Eyebrows

Why Did You (Really) Get Married?

“I Make HIV Look Soo Good”: The Politics of Disease, Stigma, and Self-Worth

STUDY: Body Mass Index of Low-Income African Americans Linked to Proximity to Fast Food

Father and Son to Graduate from Morehouse Together This Sunday

Oakland Youth Speak Truth to Power at NAACP Leadership Conference

To All Afraid of the ‘Ghetto’

Former NASA Engineer Awards Kiera Wilmot Scholarship to Space Academy

Kindergartner Uses Knowledge of His ABCs to Save Dad’s Life

Charges Dropped Against 16 Year-Old Kiera Wilmot for Science Experiment Gone Wrong

David Dennis: Why isn’t New Orleans Mother’s Day parade shooting a ‘national tragedy’?

Judge Throws Out Manslaughter Charges Against Cop Accused of Killing Ramarley Graham

Milwaukee Set to Become Fifth City Where Fast Food Workers Strike

L.A. Unified School District Votes to Ban Suspensions for “Willful Defiance”

When “Save the Boobies” Becomes More Important Than “Save the Woman”

Chicago Violence: 2 Killed, 11 Wounded in Overnight Shootings

CTU, Parents to File Federal Lawsuits to Halt Chicago School Closings

Uni-ball Releases Racist Ad Mocking Black Men in Prison

HIV-Positive Teacher’s Aide Accused of Molesting Underage Student

Rhymes & Reasons Interviews Sage Morgan-Hubbard About the Hip Hop Songs that Changed Her Life

North Carolina Protests Continue Against Republican Agenda to Disenfranchise Black Voters

Out WNBA Player Brittney Griner Tells Youth ‘Be Who You Are’ At GLAAD Awards

PETITION – President Obama: Remove Assata Shakur from the FBI’s “Most Wanted Terrorists” List

Designer Aamna Aqeel Under Fire for Racist “Be My Slave” Photo Set

Parents of Kimani Gray File Wrongful-Death Suit Against New York City

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