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Seven killed in prison brawl in South Carolina, highlighting brutal conditions that breed violence

Homeland Security to compile a global database of journalists, bloggers & ‘influencers’

Black Stoneman Douglas students draw attention to the intersection of race and gun policy after Parkland shooting

Black Lives Matter Cincinnati changes its name, issues scathing critique of national BLM network

N.C. approves policy to limit physical restraints of incarcerated women in labor

Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens calls for repealing the 2nd amendment

How Jay-Z & other venture capitalists are creating new problems in the name of social justice

Killer Mike defends gun rights in interview with NRA, apologizes after backlash

11-year-old Naomi Wadler reminds America that movements for our lives must include Black girls and women

3 suspects charged in connection with mosque bombing, attempted bombing of women’s facility

Federal judge rules LAPD’s gang injunctions violate civil liberties

Here’s how Facebook and Cambridge Analytica harvested data from 50 million users for conservative political ads

Maine GOPer calls Parkland survivor a “skinhead lesbian,” inspiring a challenger in his previously unopposed district

California’s judges grow in gender and racial diversity — but more needs to be done

FCC chair proposes $1 billion to restore networks in Virgin Islands & Puerto Rico post-hurricanes

Sen. Kamala Harris could be a 2020 Democratic presidential nominee

Dick’s Sporting Goods claims massive support after it stops selling assault rifles, increases age limits for guns

Fight to turn Black Georgia area into a city highlights the roadblocks for self-sustaining Black communities

Trump proposes restricting food choice and no fresh fruits or veggies for SNAP participants

Israel’s nativist right-wing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces calls for corruption charges from state police

Trump proposes budget that would cut NPR, PBS and NEA, among other public works programs

NAACP Legal Defense Fund sues Homeland Security over ending Haitian protected status

China’s controversial hip-hop ban elicits charges of anti-Blackness

After government shutdown scare, lawmakers reauthorize CHIP program for vulnerable children

Dems fold on immigration, temporarily averting government shutdown

Chile admits Haitian migrants in record numbers as U.S. closes its borders to those fleeing violence

“Genius” businessman can’t stop first government shut down where president’s party controls all of Washington

Most of the Trump inauguration protesters freed by Justice Department, 59 still facing felony charges

Australian prime minister pulls a Trump and attacks African immigrants, but Afro-Australians are not having it

Venezuela cracks down on the press in the midst of national upheaval

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