South Africa’s Bid to End AIDS
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View ArticleThe Coming War on ‘Black Nationalists’
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View ArticleThe most powerful art from the #BlackLivesMatter movement, three years in
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View ArticleA Tough Choice for Feminist Black Lives Matter Activists
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View ArticleVoices: For Black Cops in America, A Twofold Burden
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View ArticleFederal Appeals Court Strikes Down North Carolina Voter ID Requirement
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View ArticleMedical Schools Must Play A Role in Addressing Racial Disparities
Medical Schools Must Play A Role in Addressing Racial Disparities 0 1 | A U G U S T | 2 0 1 6 STAT columnist Jennifer Adaeze Okwerekwu recently urged physicians to ask how they can ensure that their...
View ArticleThis Adopted Woman Wrote An Awesome Book To Encourage More Black Families To...
BY Taryn Finley | PUBLISHER The Huffington Post “They’re children, and they need love. At the end of the day, that’s really all that matters.”Sara Crutcher said her adoption at six weeks old in...
View Article‘Picturing Children’ Shows More Than A Century Of African-American Childhoods
BY All Things Considered | PUBLISHER NPR After more than a decade in the making, the Smithsonian’s newest museum is scheduled to open this fall. The National Museum of African American History...
View ArticleAffluent and Black, and Still Trapped by Segregation
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View ArticleA teen who spent 10 hours cleaning up after a protest is rewarded with a car...
By Gabriel Kinder, CNN (CNN)When Antonio Gwynn Jr. saw the damage from protests in his hometown of Buffalo, New York, he grabbed a broom, bought some trash bags and started cleaning the streets by...
View ArticleThis Journalist Helped Eradicate Hospital Debt for Thousands in Memphis |...
Wendi C. Thomas, the founder of MLK50, created her own newsroom where she and her team are creating change for their community By Mary Retta, ZORA. Medium Wendi C. Thomas, a prolific reporter and the...
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