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‘Negro’ still an acceptable term to use when referencing blacks in U.S. Army

Update: Woman abducted safely returned to family, suspect in custody

7-year-old Blake Ansari makes Kohl’s Foundation Regional Philanthropist for 2014 list

Comedian Artie Lang fires off racist, sexist tweets about Cari Champion

$47,000 reward offered for return of missing Philadelphia woman

Police gearing up for riots ahead of grand jury decision in Ferguson

Lupita graces cover of Glamour’s ‘Women of the Year’ issue

Black Republicans Mia Love and Tim Scott make history

Charges brought against NYPD officers who assaulted teen

Report: poor black women evicted as much as black men are incarcerated

Wayne Brady reveals struggle with depression

Texas sees surge in number of disenfranchised voters

Philadelphia woman’s abduction captured on video

Activists in Ferguson protest St. Louis Post-Dispatch coverage

Boko Haram laughs off Nigeria’s ceasefire agreement, several girls married off

Survey Illuminates Impact of Discrimination on LGBT People in Nepal

Alabama school officials hire former FBI agent to spy on black students

Ferguson police say no-fly zone imposed due to media

Chicago Defender appoints Kai El’ Zabar as publication’s first female director

University cancels invitation to African journalists due to Ebola fears

Florida man running for office creates fake Obama endorsement letter

Man released after serving 15 years behind bars for crime he didn’t commit

Dream Defenders launch bulletproof vest campaign for kids in protest of Stand Your Ground laws

Autopsy: Darrien Hunt shot four times in back

Keke Palmer inspires young girls through partnership with non-profit

West Virginia columnist fired after referring to Mike Brown as an ‘animal’

Report: blacks in Minneapolis 11 times more likely to be arrested

North Carolina instructor under investigation for racist remarks

Charges re-filed against mother who left kids in car for job interview

Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson misses court dates

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