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U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder endorsed a proposal that would result in shorter prison sentences for many nonviolent drug offenses. Holder says the change would rein in runaway federal prison cost and create a fairer criminal justice system. 

Last week, we wrote about the “I, Too Am Harvard” photo campaign meant to highlight the voices of black students on the college’s campus. It appears that the campaign has spread to other campuses, with activists attending the University of Iowa and Oxford created their own campaigns.

According to a recent Gallup survey released Wednesday, Americans aren’t really concerned with race relations in the country. In fact, the category ranked the lowest on the list of concerns. Climate change ranked just slightly above “race relations.” 

Will the racially insensitive act of Blackface ever die? Doesn’t seem like it will. Earlier this week we wrote about a Kentucky assistant pastor who dressed in Blackface for a boxing match. Now, the latest method of offense is brought to us by Vogue Italia. 

Najah Lorde, of Queens, New York has a reason to be proud. The 12-year-old girl scout sold 2,833 boxes of Girl Scout cookies, making her the top seller in the city. Lorde, who sold 1,111 boxes last year, pushed the cookies to school pals, church members and family. 

Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 has been missing since Saturday. While authorities are trying to figure out how a plane containing 239 passengers disappears, they’ve been coming up with more dead ends than leads.

Former NFL star Darren Sharper returns to court Thursday for a hearing in Los Angeles that will determine whether he is released on bail. The decision follows a new set of charges against Sharper alleging that he sexually assaulted and drugged two women in Tempe, Ariz. last year. 

New research released by the American Psychological Association reveals that both members of the public and law enforcement officials view black youth, particularly black boys, as less innocent than their white counterparts. 

A Minnesota Class 3A state high school wrestling contender may have lost his match, but he won the hearts of many this week. St. Michael Alberville High School sophomore Mitchell McKee wanted to win the state championship for his father, and he did by pinning Blaine High sophomore Malik Stewart around 1:22 in the face-off. […]

Cheerios released not one, but two awesome Super Bowl ads over the past two years featuring an interracial couple. Despite the wave of backlash received by racists, yet another company has decided to model their advertising after Cheerios. The latest Honeymaid commercial shows multiple families: gay, straight, interracial, punk rocker…and they all are enjoying the […]

A 15-year-old Mississippi high school teen was suspended after a picture of him displaying three raised fingers surfaced. On Feb. 3, assistant principal Todd Nichols summoned Dontadrian Bruce of Olive Branch High to his office. Nichols showed Bruce a photo he had posed for during a recent biology project, and suspended him for holding up […]

 httpv://youtu.be/gaiBrpLctsM My new video “People Over Profits” was filmed in support of thousands of workers protesting the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), Pittsburgh’s largest employer, land owner and healthcare provider, for paying poverty wages, saddling employees with medical debt, and preventing them from forming a union.