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Fox News Contributor: Welfare and Food Stamps Make Poverty Feel ‘A Little Comfortable’

Tennessee Considers Bill Tying Welfare Benefits to Children’s Grades

Kansas Considering Bill Allowing for People Living with HIV/AIDS to be Quarantined

Children Rally in Downtown Chicago for Immigration Reform

CAMPAIGN: Upload A Video Letting Rick Ross Know that RAPE Lyrics will NOT be Tolerated

Should We Raise Age for Charging Young People as Adults?

Rahm Emanuel Says Chicago School Closings Are Worth It to Save Children from Failing Schools

Fordham Student Sandra Arnold Creates Database to Protect Slave Burial Sites

Lessons in Hate: Is it Okay to Invite Nazis, KKK Members to Speak at High Schools?

REPORT: Top Universities Failing to Attract High-Achieving, Low-Income Students

RNC To Spend $10 Million to Reach Out to Minorities

Stop-and-Frisk Trial Begins Today

REPORT: Sharp Increase in Anti-Government ‘Patriot Groups’

Congress Finally Passes Violence Against Women Act

1965 Voting Rights Act Being Challenged in Supreme Court

‘This American Life – Harper High School’ Takes Closer Look at Chicago Gun Violence

REPORT: Learning Gaps for Black Students Start in 2nd Grade

KKK Granted Protest Permit in Memphis

Chicago Public Schools Might Be Sued for Lack of Black History in Curriculum

New Report Addresses America’s Unequal Education System; Pushes for Large-Scale Reform

Mississippi Finally Gets Around to Ratifying 13th Amendment Banning Slavery

What Did You Think of President Obama’s State of the Union Address?

Rosa Parks To Be First Black Woman Honored w/ U.S. Capitol Statue

President Obama Delivering State of the Union Address Tonight; Hadiya Pendleton’s Parents Among Guests

Washington Post’s Rahiel Tesfamariam: Why won’t Obama stand up for Chicago’s slain youth?

Rev. Jesse Jackson: COME HOME, MR. PRESIDENT

Rev. Jesse Jackson Urges President Obama To Address Chicago Gun Violence Crisis

SIGN THIS PETITION: President Obama! Make a Speech in Chicago Addressing the Crisis of Gun Violence!

Parents, Students and Activists Confront Dept. of Education Over Wave of School Closures

Hadiya Pendleton, Teen Who Performed At Obama Inauguration, Shot and Killed on South SIde

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