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‘Black Girls Vote’ looks to get young women to polls
“Our vote is our voice. It doesn’t matter if you don’t have a GED, or if you have a PhD, we’re all the same.”
Read MoreAmerica’s Self-Destructive Whites
Over the past 15 years, one group — middle-age whites in the United States — constitutes an alarming trend. They are dying in increasing numbers. And things look much worse for those with just a high school diploma or less.
Read MoreMore Police Officers Facing Charges, But Few See Jail
One thing remains clear: The law gives the police the benefit of the doubt.
Read MoreGrand Jury Could Still Snare Trooper Who Arrested Sandra Bland
Bland’s family is calling for a federal prosecution.
Read MoreCops kicked me so hard I lost a testicle
A Brooklyn man claims he was kicked in the testicles so hard by NYPD cops that he had to have one of them surgically removed.
Read MoreJohn Boyega Braces for Galactic Fame
By David Itzkoff, the New York Times […] Were they specifically looking for a nonwhite actor to play Finn? Everybody was being seen for all these roles. I would have been suspicious if it was only black people going in for Finn. I would have thought, “Oh, maybe there’s an active agenda there.” It looked…
Read More‘We Need a Conviction’: Baltimore Reacts to Mistrial in Freddie Gray Case
Protesters turn out in frustration after Baltimore Police Officer William Porter’s trial ends with the jury deadlocked.
Read MoreSam’s Club CEO’s Call For Diversity Provokes Angry Reaction
The chief executive of Sam’s Club is being criticized this week for articulating the need for more diversity at the top in corporate America.
Read MoreSupreme Court Justice Scalia Is Wrong About Affirmative Action
Graduation rates for students of color rise when they attend more selective schools.
Read MoreBeing Black And Loud Is Necessary, One Poet Demands
“This can’t be the land of the free and home of the brave only for some.” By Taryn Finley, The Huffington Post Black voices should never be silenced. This was April Wells’ message in her poem “Loud Voices,” which she performed at the Get Lit Classic Slam in Southern California. The teen shunned the notion that…
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