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Teens arrested for selling water bottles offered jobs in IT

Three Chicago cops charged with conspiracy in coverup of Laquan McDonald shooting

Black man Devonte Shipman threatened with jail time for jaywalking

Off-duty Illinois cop threatens teen’s life because he sat on his porch

Supreme Court lets parts of travel ban through

Black man in Georgia denied ‘stand your ground’ defense in murder trial

Second mistrial declared in Ray Tensing murder trial for killing Sam Dubose

D.C. councilman calls out police for handcuffing Black teens who sold water

Bill Cosby wants to lecture people on sexual-assault, seriously

Ohio State football recruit Tyreke Smith wore the most pro-Black shirt ever on his visit

43 arrested, most of them disabled, during GOP healthcare bill protest

Trinity College closed after professor receives death threats

Airman Mario Manago fired and convicted of federal crime after being 6 minutes late to meeting

How Trump’s anti-Black, anti-poor, and anti-LGBTQ administration affects marginalized people

Cuba says “Nah” to Trump’s request to terminate Assata Shakur’s asylum

Michael Brown’s family reaches undisclosed settlement

Footage of Philando Castile’s fatal traffic stop released

How I am managing toxic relationships with Bill Cosby rape apologists

Valerie Castile, Philando Castile’s mother, on Instagram: “F*ck the police!”

The system isn’t failing us because it isn’t ours

Charleena Lyles, mother of four, killed by police after reporting burglary

Nabra Hassanen, Muslim teenager, abducted and killed after leaving mosque

INTERVIEW: Fight trans homelessness with J. Skyler Robinson

Juneteenth and our post-emancipation fight for liberation

Two transgender women assaulted in Brooklyn

Jury continues to deliberate over Philando Castile shooting case

Top health official Nick Lyon in Michigan charged with involuntary manslaughter

Rep. Steve Scalise, Republican House Whip, shot at baseball practice in “deliberate attack”

1 year after Pulse, the vulnerability (and strength) of queer people of color is more apparent than ever

Warriors reportedly won’t be visiting Trump’s White House

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