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Attorney General Eric Holder pushes for lower sentences for drug offenses

Student activists follow Harvard’s lead with ‘I,Too Am Oxford’ and ‘I,Too Am Iowa’ campaigns

Simmons College of Kentucky gains accreditation, becomes second HBCU in state

Study: Americans don’t care about race relations or climate change

Model poses in blackface, ethnicwear for Vogue

12-year-old Najah Lorde sells 2,833 boxes of Girl Scout cookies, becomes NYC’s top seller

Report that missing plane flew for hours ‘inaccurate’

Update: Darren Sharper in LA court today

Study: Public, police view black youth as older, less innocent than whites

After loss, wrestler congratulates opponent’s father who is battling cancer

Honeymaid follows Cheerios’ lead: releases commercial featuring diverse non-traditional families

15-year-old suspended for suspected ‘gang signs’ in picture

2 women dead: community pleads for answers with canvassing, prayer vigil

At least 2 dead in NYC building explosion

Jason Collins signed to Nets for rest of season

Caribbean countries sue former colonizers for reparations

Award-winning blogger & BYP 100 member Luvvie Ajayi talks success and activism

Man freed after spending over 25 years on death row

Justice for Jordan Davis: Michael Dunn’s sentencing delayed, will not be tried on attempted murder convictions

Oregon law allows students to miss up to 5 hours of school for religion

Church conference under fire for Blackface boxing skit

Baptist organization pulls $7M in funding from children’s home over anti-gay hiring policy

Erika Alexander on why Hollywood is racist

‘Ban Bossy’ campaign seeks to empower young girls to become leaders

George Zimmerman signs autographs at gun show in Orlando

Cafe Society to host Stand Your Ground talk in light of Dunn verdict

Police: handcuffed man shot, killed self while in patrol car

New Jersey court expected to rule of use of rap lyrics by defendants as evidence

Bodies of Houston couple found dead in Texas

Amara for Chicago? Candidate sets eyes on biggest seat in city

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