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India Arie Accused of Lightening Her Skin for Promotional Photo

Four Year-Old Rahquel Carr Shot and Killed in Car in Miami

Civil Rights Leaders Speak Out Against Conferderate Flag Display at Old NC Capital Building

Roland Martin: CNN Executives Hold Back Black Anchors

NYPD Cop Tells Innocent 13 Year-old Boy to “Stop Crying Like a Little Girl” During Stop and Frisk

Daughter of Mother Whose Baby Was Killed Says Mom May Have Killed Him for Life Insurance Money

Rick Ross Responds to Rape Lyrics Controversy: ‘It Was a Misinterpretation’

Why I Am Here for Marriage Equality: Changing the Conversation for Queer POCs

Petitions Demand Rick Ross, Industry Take Responsibility for Rape Lyrics

Two Teens Accused of Murdering 13 Month-Old Baby Will Be Tried as Adults

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

LAPD Officer Wins $1.2 Million Settlement after Accusing Department of Racial Harassment

Nelson Mandela Hospitalized for Lung Infection

Children Rally in Downtown Chicago for Immigration Reform

Chief Keef’s Participation in Online Anti-Violence Campaign Stirs Controversy

Chicago Teachers Union, Supporters Gearing Up for Massive Protest Today Against School Closures

Towson University’s ‘White Student Union’ to Begin Patrolling Campus to Fight ‘Black Crime Wave’

Ebony Magazine Examines the Struggles of Gun Violence Survivors in Chicago

Rhymes & Reasons Interviews Jasson Perez About the Hip Hop Songs that Changed His Life

Chicago Public School Closings Will Cost Taxpayers $1 Billion

A$AP Rocky Addresses Homophobia in Hip Hop: “It’s Crazy that This is Still an Issue”

Former Classmates of Hadiya Pendleton Launch Anti-Violence Movement ‘Project Orange Tree’

Supreme Court Will Hear a Second Affirmative Action Case

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

Oral Arguments Begin in Prop 8 Supreme Court Case

Tomorrow, The Ascension Begins

Rick Ross Raps About Committing Date Rape in New Song

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

And While We’re at It…#BowDown

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