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Supreme Court will allow Flint water contamination lawsuits

After Uber’s self-driving car kills a woman in Arizona, company halts self-driving car tests

#BanTheBox isn’t enough: Study shows prison is a symptom of economic barriers, not just a cause

Salvation Army opens first non-profit grocery store in Baltimore to combat food deserts

Assassination of anti-police brutality activist and politician shakes Brazil

National Geographic and the New York Times own up to racist, sexist legacies

Austin bombings targeting people of color leave many questions and terror in their wake

Oakland café refuses to serve cops, garners community support despite controversy

Baltimore renames former Confederate park in honor of Harriet Tubman

New report shines light on staggering underrepresentation of women of color in media

Will and Jaden Smith’s company Just Water donates fresh water to a still struggling Flint, MI

Beloved young Chicago Principal Rob Croston passed away after complications from genetic disorder

Noted Indigenous author Sherman Alexie accused of sexual harrassment

Finalists for 30th annual Lambda Literary awards honoring LGBTQ literature announced

‘Get Out’s Jordan Peele makes history as the first Black person to win Best Original Screenplay Oscar

Hampton University students protest sexual assault, unsanitary dining conditions

Black people were held in slavery in the Deep South as late as the 1960’s

South Africa moves to take lands from settlers’ descendants to redistribute to indigenous South Africans

Oprah’s $500k support of the Parkland students is a raw reminder of her lack of support for Black lives

Fight to turn Black Georgia area into a city highlights the roadblocks for self-sustaining Black communities

Education Department wants to protect predatory student loan collectors

Trump’s FCC seems to be in cahoots with Sinclair Broadcasting and other Right leaning media companies

Malcolm X documentary featuring never before seen footage allows his words to tell his story

Woman told FBI that Nikolas Cruz might carry out a massacre one month before Florida shooting

First Guantanamo detainee transfer under Trump administration expected soon

Post ‘Black Panther’, Marvel announces ‘Moon Girl & Devil Dinosaur’ animated series

Philadelphia District Attorney eliminates cash bail for majority of non-violent crimes

Experts say family of Korryn Gaines has long fight ahead for the $37 million + in damages they were awarded

San Juan mayor calls for end to Puerto Rico’s colonization after multiple displays of FEMA incompetence

Teenage Parkland survivors demand political response to school massacre

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