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Woman named Heather Heyer killed in car accident during Charlottesville white supremacist rally

Betty Shelby, who shot and killed Terence Crutcher, is officially a cop again

HBO set to make ‘2 Dope Queens’ podcast a series

‘Reading Rainbow’ owner sues LeVar Burton

University of Chicago grad students will vote to unionize

Betsy DeVos wishes she did more to “decry racism”

Chance the Rapper to give away 30,000 backpacks at Bud Billiken Parade

Trump pokes the bear that is North Korea with latest tweets

Fox News declines to settle multiple lawsuits with $60M payout

‘Get Out’ is 2017’s most profitable movie so far

Chicago sues federal government for targeting sanctuary cities

Harvard’s incoming freshman class is majority non-white

Another retired Black NFL player is telling Kaepernick to be ‘low-key’ about his activism

Video shows Baltimore cops planting drugs, again

The DOJ is considering taking legal action against schools who support affirmative action

Tyler, the Creator checks Comic-Con audience member in defense of Black cartoon characters [VIDEO]

Kidd Creole of pioneering hip-hop group arrested for murdering homeless man

NAACP issues travel advisory for entire state of Missouri

Sen. Cory Booker introduced a bill to legalize marijuana across the country

Amazon developing ‘Black America’ series where reparations actually happened

The only way to evade Trump’s selfishness is through community-based citizenship

Anthony Scaramucci fired 10 days into new position, before his official start date

Simone Manuel wins world championship in Hungary

Vic Mensa has some strong feelings on R. Kelly

Chicago church becomes focus of protest after pastor expels member for same-sex marriage

#NoConfederate trends on Twitter following criticism of HBO’s TV show idea

Comedian Lil Duval called out after making transphobic comments on Breakfast Club

How two young Black Chicago women are using art and activism to change narratives about Black communities

Charges dropped against Black student, Marlin Gipson, who was stopped by police while mowing lawns

Aries Clark, 16, shot dead by Arkansas police outside shelter

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