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STUDY: Blacks Are Nearly 4 Times As Likely As Whites of Being Arrested for Pot Possession

George Zimmerman’s Attorneys Apologize for Mischaracterizing Evidence

Cheerios Commercial Featuring Interracial Family Ignites Racist Backlash

Bobby Rush Calls IL Sen. Kirk’s Chicago Gang Plan “Upper-Middle Class, Elitist White Boy Solution”

Black 14 Year-Old Carrying a Puppy Attacked by Police for Giving Them a “Dehumanizing Stare”

“The Haves and Have Nots” Gets Horrible Reviews; Inspires Petition Demanding OWN Dump Tyler Perry

George Zimmerman’s Legal Defense Fund is Nearly Empty Less Than Two Weeks Before Trial

CPS: High School Graduation Rate in Chicago Hits Record High

Judge Rules That Trayvon Martin’s Alleged Drug Use, Texts, and Fighting Will Not Be Allowed in Trial

Bronx “Ghetto” Bus Tour Shut Down After Outrage

WATCH: 9 Year-Old Asean Johnson Captivates School Closing Protesters w/ Passionate Speech

REPORT: 400,000 Innocent Black and Latino New Yorkers ‘Stopped and Frisked’ in 2012

George Zimmerman’s Attorney Wants to Reference Trayvon Martin’s Drug Use in Court

Chicago School Board Votes to Close 50 Schools; Largest School Closure in City’s History

Yet Another Fried Chicken Joke Directed at Tiger Woods

Dear Thurgood Marshall Jr, Why Are You On The Board Of Directors For CCA?

Bronx Bus Tour Shows NYC Tourists What a “Real Ghetto” Looks Like

Zoe Saldana Hates Questions About Her Ethnicity; Says “People of Color” Don’t Exist

Kanye West’s “New Slaves” Rails Against the Prison-Industrial Complex

Scandal Finale Garners Show’s Highest Ratings Ever

STUDY: Body Mass Index of Low-Income African Americans Linked to Proximity to Fast Food

Candice Glover Wins American Idol

Charges Dropped Against 16 Year-Old Kiera Wilmot for Science Experiment Gone Wrong

David Dennis: Why isn’t New Orleans Mother’s Day parade shooting a ‘national tragedy’?

Uni-ball Releases Racist Ad Mocking Black Men in Prison

PETITION – President Obama: Remove Assata Shakur from the FBI’s “Most Wanted Terrorists” List

Designer Aamna Aqeel Under Fire for Racist “Be My Slave” Photo Set

Soledad O’Brien on ‘Black In America’ Criticism: “OK, white person, this is a conversation you clearly are uncomfortable with…”

‘Scandal’ Creator Shonda Rhimes Talks Race on Her Shows

Trailer Released for Oscar Grant Film “Fruitvale”

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