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Puerto Rico relief bill helps everyone but Puerto Ricans

Chief medical executive faces involuntary manslaughter charge in Flint water crisis

Jemele Hill suspended by ESPN for telling the truth

FBI rolls out renewed COINTELPRO, warning of “Black Identity Extremists”

LA Sparks join national anthem protests during Finals run

Las Vegas massacre was America’s deadliest

T-Boz announces lawsuit against Peoria Police Department for death of her cousin

Black Chicago police officers who took a knee will face reprimand

New research strengthens connection between Flint water crisis and reproductive injustice

Jason Stockley’s acquittal motivates unrest in St. Louis

Colin Kaepernick donates $25,000 to immigrant youth at risk by DACA repeal

Hurricane Irma evacuation plans excluded many South Florida inmates

Michigan teacher reportedly yanked a Black student who sat during pledge of allegiance

‘Racism is as American as Baseball’ banner reminds Red Sox fans of uncomfortable truth

New Hampshire teens try to lynch biracial boy

Prince George County Students Embark on Early College ‘Pathways in Technology’

Activist group hangs fake clowns dressed in KKK regalia from tree in Richmond, Va.

Harvard Law School owns past ties to slavery by adding memorial

NYC to offer free lunches to all public school students

Florida sheriff threatens to arrest anyone with a warrant seeking shelter during storm

Hurricane Irma kills 9 in Caribbean as Florida awaits landfall

Robert E. Lee’s descendant leaves church after supporting BLM

Spelman to admit transgender students starting in 2018

Chance the Rapper raises $2.2 for Chicago Public Schools

Fund named in honor of Philando Castile to make sure students get lunches

David Clarke resigns as Milwaukee County Sheriff

Cop could lose job after telling woman ‘We only kill Black people’

Teenager who was attacked by police dogs over mistaken identity files claim

Texas Best Buy apologizes for raising prices for water bottles

Los Angeles city council replaces Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples Day

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