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BREAKING: Senate reaches tentative deal to end shutdown

BET founder Robert L. Johnson to receive highest form of recognition in media

Harry Belafonte sues Dr. Martin Luther King’s heirs over possessions

Student-led organization speaks up for quality education

Judge regrets upholding nation’s first voter ID law

Supreme Court likely to uphold affirmative action ban

Artist seeks to spark dialogue through portraits of white women with black styles

Family of paralyzed teen shot by police seek justice

GOP leaders meet to impeach President Obama

Washington Redskins team name has racist origins

Conrad Murray freed due to prison overpopulation

SNL’s Kenan Thompson blame black women for lack of cast diversity

School janitor puts hit out on 4th grader

Harlem pastors aims to “dethrone” Al Sharpton

Congressman calls for shutdown, leads march against it

Viola Davis: ‘I have never felt pretty’

School sends child home with ‘lunch money please’ sticker

Is the world ready for a gay action hero? Lee Daniels thinks so

Supreme Court to decide on key affirmative action case

Police groups protest charges against Charlotte cop who killed former FAMU student

Italian gymnast: “Paint your skin black, so we can win too”

Man who shot innocent bystander freed due to Stand Your Ground

Police officer charged for assaulting woman before she died

Man quits Wall Street job to make a difference in the lives of youth

National Coming Out Day, Embrace who YOU are

Viral photo looks like principal is choking student

Students can’t graduate unless they get accepted into college

Former Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick sentenced to 28 years in prison

Blacks hit hardest by shutdown

Jobs report: Unemployment highest in six months amid shutdown

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