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Heinous anti-blackness: Dozens of African girls found dead in Mediterranean Sea

GQ names Colin Kaepernick Citizen of the Year

The Blackest National Book Awards ever will be livestreamed on Facebook

Andrea Jenkins becomes the first openly transgender Black woman elected to office

Meek Mill sentenced to 2-4 years for violating probation in a 2008 case he already beat

Syria announces intent to join Paris Agreement on climate, leaving US solo dolo as the hold-out

Global warming meets the prison industrial complex: Inmates dying from heat is a social justice issue

Black man: “give me a lawyer, dog.” Racist court system says he wasn’t asking for a lawyer

Man kills 14 year old son because rigid masculinity standards are murderous

‘Good foods’ with high pesticide residue can affect pregnancies and abilities to give birth

Brianna Brochu, white student who “poisoned” Black roommate, arrested & suspended from Hartford University

Study confirms why TV representation is failing, there aren’t enough Black writers in Hollywood

‘House of Cards’ canceled in the wake of Kevin Spacey’s child sexual harassment scandal

National Book Award-winner Jacqueline Woodson signs two-book deal with Riverhead Books

White Lives Matter rally canceled after counter-protesters disrupt two failed gatherings

R. Kelly’s ex, media personality Kitti Jones, details abusive relationship to Rolling Stone

Puerto Rican government clashes with San Juan mayor over “concerning” energy contract

For the first time, Republicans in favor of legalizing weed

And then there were two: U.S. and Syria are the last Paris climate agreement holdouts

Congress hurtling towards government shutdown over Trump’s racist wall

Does Border Patrol have a crime problem? Historic polygraph test failure by agents suggests yes

Latest Black Panther trailer: We are all going to Wakanda soon, but not soon enough!

Progressive wing of the DNC shaken up in an act signaling a move away from Sanders

Howard University safe after multiple shooter scares

Nnedi Okorafor penning first Marvel Comics series set in a real African city

Colin Kaepernick files grievance claim against the NFL

Mogadishu, Somalia bomb attack deemed one of the world’s most heinous

California uses imprisoned women to fight record-breaking fires

Justice Department threatens sanctuary cities

Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed signs marijuana decriminalization bill

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