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That — I Don’t Like, Or What I Hope Gets Got on the Eve of 2013

Chicago Reaches 500 Homicides in 2012

The Pope, Lingering Intolerance & Some Books I Wish He Would Read

Rapper Shawty Lo and His 10 Baby Mommas To Star in New Reality Show

Spike Lee Refuses To See Django Unchained; Calls It “Disrespectful”

Condom Dispensers Installed in Philly Schools

Not Giving Django Too Much Credit

Cornell West: Gun Control Only Becomes An Issue When “Vanillia” People Get Shot

McDonalds Has a Lump of Coal for Your Xmas Stocking

When Does Size Matter? When HIV/AIDS Rates Keep Rising, and Black Youth Keep Dying

President Obama Vows to Take Action to Reduce Gun Violence

Sixth-Grader Brings Gun To School To Protect Himself In Case of School Shooting

President Obama is Time Magazine’s Person of the Year

Refusing to Grin and Bear It

Brooklyn Woman Suing NYPD After Being Arrested for Filming Stop and Frisk

STUDY: Many Black Women Avoid Exercise To Maintain Hair

Sao Paulo Governor Accused of Launching Deadly Campaign Against Black Youth

If Lamb Chops or The Puzzle Place Was Your Ish, THEN YOUR GONNA LOVE THIS!

The Children Are Dying

Gun Control Debate Rages In Aftermath of Sandy Hook Massacre

18 Year-Old Polite Stewart Earns Bachelors Degree in Physics

More American Values

Violence vs. Apathy

Mass Shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary; 27 Dead, Including 18 Children

Chicago Students Stage Sit-In; Demand Principal Resign

Examining The Politics of “Throwing Shade” in the LGBTQ Community: Why Hurt People— Hurt People & Is Shade Necessary?

WATCH: BET’s ‘Murder to Excellence: Life & Hip Hop in Chicago’ Documentary

Susan Rice Drops Out of Running For Sec. of State Due to ‘Partisan Politics’

1 in 5 Female College Students Experience Sexual Assault

19 Year-Old Britney Exline Is Youngest African American Engineer in the U.S.

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