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Attorney General Sessions Charts Course Back to Long Drug Sentences Reversed Under Obama

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by John Schuppe (NBC NEWS) The Trump era of drug enforcement has officially arrived, and it sounds a lot like the old days. The message came this week in the form of a memo from […]

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DeVos’ Speech at Bethune-Cookman’s Commencement Sparks Protests, Outrage

May 13, 2017 Staff 0

by CHANDELIS R. DUSTER (NBC NEWS) Bethune-Cookman University graduates booed, turned their backs and walked out during Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’ 22 minute commencement speech on Wednesday — all in an effort to make it […]

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Rep. Davis: “Hell no, We won’t go” to Trumpcare Health Plan

May 13, 2017 Staff 0

At a press conference held at Loretto Hospital, Rep. Danny K. Davis (D-7th) Friday, said, “Hell no. We won’t go for the Trumpcare health plan and predicted the Senate will reject the House GOP version. […]

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Ben Carson Wants to Make Sure Poor People Aren’t Too Comfortable

May 10, 2017 Staff 0

Ben Carson By Sam Levine, huffingtonpost.com Ben Carson, the secretary of Housing and Urban Development, is concerned that those who rely on the government for help with their housing aren’t too comfortable. The New York […]

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Store Apologizes for Selling ‘Black Women Are Trash’ Shirts

May 10, 2017 Staff 0

by Alex Lasker A clothing company has apologized after a racist, user-created T-shirt slipped through a filtration system and ended up for sale on its website. Teespring, a custom design company which allows users to […]

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AKA President, Lawmaker Condemn Racist Act at American University

May 9, 2017 Staff 0

By Lauren Victoria Burke A day after Taylor Dumpson, who is an African American woman, was elected to be student body president at American University, nooses and bananas (some with the words “AKA Free” on […]

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Trayvon Martin, Who Dreamt of Being a Pilot, to Receive Honorary Aviation Degree

May 5, 2017 Staff 0

Trayvon Martin was killed in 2012 by a neighborhood watchman. (Photo credit SYBRINA FULTON) By Taryn Finley, huffingtonpost.com An aviation school in Florida is honoring Trayvon Martin with a posthumous degree at its commencement this month. Florida […]

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Trumpcare Pre-existing Conditions: Pregnancy, Sleep Apnea Could Make You Pay More

May 5, 2017 Staff 0

By Nicole Chavez, CNN Millions of Americans are uncertain about their future as a new health care bill heads to the Senate. The American Health Care Act would shake things up. It could open the […]

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117-year-old Jamaican Violet Brown Becomes the World’s Oldest Person

April 24, 2017 Staff 0

By Namrata Tripathi, International Business Times After the death of the Italian woman Emma Morano, who held the title of the world’s oldest person, Jamaican centenarian Violet Brown, aged 117, is now the oldest person […]

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Massachusetts Court Dismisses 21,000 Drug Cases After State Chemist Falsified Evidence

April 24, 2017 Staff 0

By David Love, Atlanta Black Star In what is being described as the largest single dismissal of wrongful criminal convictions in U.S. history, a Massachusetts court has dismissed over 21,000 drug-related cases after it was […]

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