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Teenage Sisters Launch Their Own Line of Beauty Products

Nelson Mandela’s Wife Thanks World for Love and Support

In Our Hands: The Future of Our Children and the Restoration of Our Communities Resides With Us

Paris Jackson Is “Physically Fine” After Apparent Suicide Attempt

Community Members, Union Leaders, Gang Members Unite to Protest Closing of South Side Hospital

11 Year-Old Tayloni Mazyck Paralyzed After Being Struck with Stray Bullet

Ohio Health Program Lets Teens Teach Their Peers About Sex

Number of Blacks in Elite Careers Hurt by Declining Racial Diversity Efforts

Flamin’ Hot Cheetos Versus Fresh Fruits: Where Are the Grocery Stores in the Black Community?

Grieving Daughters Kicked Out of Mall for “F— Cancer” Shirts

Mississippi Could Soon Jail Women for Stillbirths, Miscarriages

Shay-la Taylor Was in Labor While Oklahoma Tornado Destroyed Hospital

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

Kindergartner Uses Knowledge of His ABCs to Save Dad’s Life

HIV-Positive Teacher’s Aide Accused of Molesting Underage Student

Proposed North Carolina Law Forces Teens to Get Notarized Parental Consent for STD Testing

8 Year-Old Successfully Treated for Alopecia Expelled for Having Too Much Hair?!

Demonstrations Against Conservative Agenda Continue in North Carolina

Danish Scientists Close to HIV Cure

Recognizing Link Between Emotional Trauma and Youth Violence

African Students Awarded $25,000 for Inventing Soap That Stops Spread of Malaria

13 Year-Old Shardae Simmonds Uses CPR to Save Her Father’s Life

Do Churches Have a Responsibility to Promote Healthy Living to Their Congregations?

From HIV to Sexual Assault, Tyler Perry’s Latest Film is ALL KINDS of Problematic

Actor Wendell Pierce Launches Grocery Store Chain in New Orleans Food Deserts

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

REPORT: Half of People Shot by Police are Mentally Ill

Racism Is Bad For Your Health

Hospital Accused of Granting Man’s Request that No Black Nurses Care for His Baby

NYC Mayor Bloomberg Bans Food Donations to Homeless

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