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Family of Kyam Livingston hold rally to mark four month anniversary of her death

50 years after the assasination: JFK’s legacy lives

Poverty’s affects on children attending Philadelphia Public Schools

Wal-Mart holds food drive for own employees, fuels minimum wage hike talks

Activist turn ‘Catch an Illegal’ game into rally about immigration reform

City lowers voting age to 16, sees positive results

Man ordered to sing and dance like a chimp by police

White supremacist who found out he was 14% African targeted by white hate groups

Author James McBride takes home National Book Award

Teen spent 3 years in prison for crime he didn’t commit

On death row for being black? The case of Duane Buck

Study: Biologically speaking, black women age faster than white women

Legislator who voted for testing of food stamp recipients busted for cocaine possession, keeps job

President Obama awards Oprah Winfrey & Ernie Banks with Presidential Medal of Freedom

Deadline set for NYC racial profiling probe

BREAKING: IL Gov.Quinn expected to sign same-sex marriage bill

High School football team cancels rest of season due to racist bullying

Students at University of Cincinnati protest, warn prospects of ‘racist’ campus

Charges dropped against man accused of killing Islan Nettles

Baseball star Andrew McCutchen named MVP of the National League

Rihanna makes history by receiving first-ever “AMA Icon” Award

Stop-and-Frisk numbers sharply decline in NYC

Man posts picture of child on Facebook moments before murder-suicide

Don Lemon to get Prime-time talk show

Best Man Holiday a success, talks of a third movie

Prosecutors want ex-mayor Kwame Kilpatrick to pay $4.5M

Judge to decide on Wisconsin voter ID law next year

White supremacist who found out he was 14% black arrested

Student group organizes ‘catch an illegal immigrant’ event

Kanye to Obama: ‘Don’t mention my baby mama’s name cuz we both from Chicago’

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