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Skye Mockabee 17th Known Transgender Person Killed In 2016

Cousin of Slain Baton Rouge Cop Profiled and Wrongly Arrested

Michigan State Closes All-Women Lounge After Accusations Of Discrimination

Woman And Her 5-Year-Old Son Shot After Altercation With Baltimore County Police

Flint Michigan Suspends Trash Pickup Until Further Notice

Woman Forced To Appear In Louisville Court With No Pants After Days In Custody

Mississippi Nurse Becomes 16th Trans Person Murdered in 2016

Chicago Teen Dies From Asthma Attack After Witnessing Shooting

WATCH: How Felony Disenfranchisement Harms Black Communities

Voting Laws Targeting Poor and People of Color Struck Down In Three States

So what if Senator Tim Kaine attends a ‘black church’?

Why We Were All (Unfairly) Rooting For Marilyn Mosby

Man Who Filmed Eric Garner’s Death Sues New York For $10 Million

Body Cam Footage Released Of Police Detaining Iowa Football Player

Obama Chooses Chicago’s Jackson Park For Presidential Library

Dr. Dre Detained By Police At His Own Home After Caller Claims He Was Armed

Charges Dropped Against Baltimore Officers Connected To Freddie Gray’s Death

Mass. Mayor Refuses Local Police Request To Take Down Black Lives Matter Sign

Attorney Sentenced To Jail Time For Wearing Black Lives Matter Pin In Court

Rahm Emanuel Calls For Community Meetings Over Police Reform

34 HBCU Presidents Call For National Gun Violence Symposium

Indiana Woman is Cleared of Feticide Charges

Man Arrested After Sharing Alton Sterling Video Fights To Keep Job

Former Jail Guard Testifies He Falsified Records Connected To Sandra Bland’s Death

Roxane Gay Becomes Marvel’s First Ever Black Female Comic Book Writer

Removing Criminal History From Job Applications Makes Racist Hiring Worse

It Matters That A Texas Officer Thinks Blacks Have ‘Violent Tendencies’

Klansman Who Bombed 16th Street Baptist Is Up For Parole in August

NBA Pulls All-Star Weekend From Charlotte Due To ‘Bathroom Bill’

Video Shows Black Man Pleading To Police With Hands Raised Before Being Shot

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