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Family wins fight to rename school after Jesse Owens

Lauryn Hill released from jail, creates new music

Creator promotes positive ethnic beauty through doll line

Suspect in Capitol Hill shooting suffered from post-partum depression

Food stamp recipients to see cuts in benefits in some states

Shots fired on Capitol Hill, premises on lockdown

#31forMarissa campaign seeks to spark awareness, action against domestic violence

Bill would expand “Stand Your Ground” immunity to warning shots

Over 3,000 low-income preschoolers miss school due to shutdown

The ‘Black vote:’ A help or harm to our community?

Arizona Sheriff to be monitored after accusation of racial profiling surface

UT students hold bake sale in protest of affirmative action

Stacey Dash regrets voting for Obama: ‘I did it because he was black’

Chris Brown speaks out in support of gay rights

Breaking: President Obama to meet with congress about government shutdown

Passenger who used racial slur, hit baby set for trial

Man freed after spending 41 years in solitary confinement

NYC’s Leticia James makes history as first black woman to hold citywide office

Pennsylvania professor: ‘Government shutdown due to GOP racism’

Young activists speak out against racial injustice in America with new project

African American landmarks affected by the government shutdown

UPDATE: Rape complaint filed against pastor by wife of shooter

Report: Rates of breast cancer, fatality rise among black women

How the government shut down affects low-income moms and children

School bans students from school due to feared HIV status

From slave cabins to apartments?

United States enter day one of government shutdown

Maya Angelou to be awarded Mailer Lifetime Achievement Award

Petition calls for investigation into Chris Dorner’s death

Kanye West to press charges against photographer

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