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Chicago Closes 50 Public Schools, While Spending $100 Million on Private Stadium Project?!

George Zimmerman’s Legal Defense Fund is Nearly Empty Less Than Two Weeks Before Trial

Youth Homelessness is On The Rise in Illinois

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

Bronx “Ghetto” Bus Tour Shut Down After Outrage

Chicago School Board Votes to Close 50 Schools; Largest School Closure in City’s History

Dillard U. President: Why Did Dr. Dre Donate $35 Million to USC, and Not a Black College?

Dear Thurgood Marshall Jr, Why Are You On The Board Of Directors For CCA?

Nat. Science Foundation Awards Clemson $5 Mill Grant to Advance Blacks in Computer Science

Dozens Arrested in Chicago School Closing Protests

Milwaukee Set to Become Fifth City Where Fast Food Workers Strike

Minnesota’s “Ban the Box” Bill Helps Ex-Offenders Find Employment

The Longest Break of Your Life: How to make studying abroad affordable

FOX Finally Cancels COPS

Lauryn Hill Sentenced to Three Months in Federal Prison

Lil Wayne Issues Formal Apology to Emmett Till Family

Emmett Till’s Family Plan to Pressure Mountain Dew to End Endorsement Deal w/ Lil Wayne

Nobel Prize Winner Gary Becker Advocates Paying Parents for Student Performance

Two Women Shot At During Christopher Dorner Manhunt Awarded $4.2 Million from LAPD

Tavon White Ran Prison Gang, Impregnated Four Guards While Behind Bars

Detroit Party Store Mocks Black Customers; Posts Racist Images on Social Media

Lauryn Hill’s New $1 Million Recording Contract w/ Sony Music Revealed During Tax Hearing

Graduation Rates Increase at HBCUs

BlackCrowdfunding.net: A Crowdfunding Site for Black Entrepreneurs

Rev. Jeremiah Wright’s Daughter Indicted in Fraud Scheme

Almost All Full-Time Working Women Are Paid Less Than Male Counterparts

CPS Protest Highlights Dangers Facing Displaced Chicago Students; Questions ‘Safety Routes’

Rick Ross Apologizes for His Lyrics Being “Interpreted As” Rape

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

President Obama Returns 5 Percent of Salary in Solidarity w/ Furloughed Federal Workers

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