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Marissa Alexander’s bond hearing post-poned until next year

VIDEO: man files lawsuit after being stripped by 7-Eleven clerks for allegedly stealing candy bar

80-year-old jailed for domestic dispute, Rickey Smiley pays her bail

BREAKING: 3 shot outside Pittsburg high school

2014 Gates Millennium scholarship applications open now!

Dante de Blasio, Malia Obama among TIME’s ‘Most Influential Teens of 2013’

A few of the faces spending life behind bars for nonviolent crimes

Report: Many African Americans denied social security benefits

Ex-girlfriend sues $338 million Powerball winner

Woman wins discirmination suit against Detroit casino

Orville Lloyd Douglas: ‘why I hate being a black man’

Marissa Alexander bail hearing set for today

From Felon to councilmen: Flint, Michigan elects former convicts

Relatives seek to block publication of Malcolm X’s diary with lawsuit

Jamie Foxx throws Trayvon Martin Fundraiser at his home

Dolphins owner to meet with Martin in light of bullying incident, address locker room culture

NAACP takes closer look at causes of gun violence in series

Poll: Majority of America wants to raise minimum wage

Apology: Home Depot says sorry for racist tweet

New York police make man rap to avoid arrest

UPDATE: Renisha McBride shot in face, not back of head

After 34 years in prison, innocent man released

Family sues Spike Lee for tweeting wrong address for George Zimmerman

Richie Incognito: ‘my actions were coming from a place of love’

UCLA has more championships than black male freshmen

Richard Overton, oldest living WWII Vet to Meet with President

Gun violence in movies doubles since 1950

Politician fakes being black to win election

Alicia Keys’ ‘Keep a Child Alive’ benefit nets $4 million

Black teen executed in 1944 may get new trial

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