With the help of a dropout-prevention program, these young people have knocked down obstacles to achieve an important milestone in their path to adulthood....
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Black Women With Low Income Levels At Greater Risk For Heart Disease, Stroke
(Reuters Health) – Among African American adults with low education and income levels, the increase in risk of heart disease or stroke associated with living in poverty is largest for women and people under...
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Beau Biden, Vice President’s Son, Dies of Brain Cancer
Joseph “Beau” Biden III, the son of Vice President Joe Biden, died Saturday after a long battle with brain cancer, according to the Washington Post....
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Devon Still’s Daughter Experiences Setback in Her Battle Against Cancer
The Cincinnati Bengals player asks the public to pray for his 5-year-old daughter, Leah....
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Michelle Obama Is The ‘Hugger-In-Chief’
First lady Michelle Obama is “the hugger-in-chief,” according to White House photographer Pete Souza....
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It’s a Good Time to Be Black and Sexy
After its hot start on YouTube, Black&Sexy TV is poised for even bigger success with a new premium subscription service and a development deal with HBO....
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Parents’ Shaming of Children on Video Is No Different From Cyberbullying
She Matters: To the mom who gave her stepson a “George Jefferson” haircut on video: Are we supposed to applaud this move as a new, effective model of parenting?...
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Nina Simone biopic starring Zoe Saldana set to be released later this year
After years in limbo, the Nina Simone biopic, starring Zoe Saldana, will hit theaters at some point between now and end of 2015....
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Study: Black Teachers are Just as Likely as White Teachers to Disproportionately Punish Black Students
Implicit bias makes teachers of all races more likely to punish black students than white students for the same misbehavior, according to a new Stanford University study, the Huffington Post reports....
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Football players carry fallen teammate’s coffin across field in tribute
An 18-year-old football player who recently lost his battle with kidney cancer had one last request to make of his teammates: He wanted to go through the tunnel into the Coffee County High School stadium...
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Once Homeless, Chicago Teen Mom Is Now Valedictorian Who’s Been Awarded Over $600,000 in Scholarships
Trameka Pope said she worked hard in school because she refused to become a statistic....
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Whites are moving back into Detroit as blacks leave
DETROIT (AP) — Whites are moving back to the American city that came to epitomize white flight, even as blacks continue to leave for the suburbs and the city’s overall population shrinks....
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#BlackGirlsMatter: How We’re Losing Our Daughters by Ignoring Their Pain …
… And how we can get them back again, through love, respect and taking the initiative to care. No black girl should have to feel unloved and ignored....
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Being Black in Thailand: We’re Treated Better Than Africans, and Boy Do We Hate It
Black expats in Thailand and Australia describe the guilt they feel living fairly privileged lives in comparison with the discrimination that African immigrants and Aborigines face....
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71 Arrested In Cleveland Protests Over Cop’s Acquittal In Deaths Of Unarmed Black Motorists
CLEVELAND (AP) — Cleveland emerged unscathed and intact after a day of protests following the acquittal of a white patrolman who had been on trial in the shooting deaths of two unarmed black suspects...
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77-year-old great-grandmother training for outdoor world championships in track
Rose Green turned 77 Sunday, but slowing down is not in her vocabulary....
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Honoring black writers: 25 books for your summer reading
The New York Times’ summer reading list left out a whole lotta blackness....
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Black Prosecutor Set To Replace Loretta Lynch As Brooklyn US Attorney
A longtime federal prosecutor in Brooklyn has won critical support to replace Loretta Lynch as the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District, report various media....
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Ken Burns charges Wash. U grads to work towards eradicating racism
Filmmaker and historian Ken Burns challenged the graduates of Washington University to get about the business righting the wrongs of America – racism and discriminatory practices against African Americans in particular – during his...
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Grand Jury Indicts Six Officers In Freddie Gray Case
A grand jury has indicted six Baltimore officers on a range of charges after State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby presented her department’s investigation into the death of Freddie Gray....
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#SayHerName: Why We Should Declare That Black Women And Girls Matter, Too
Tanisha Anderson. Rekia Boyd. Miriam Carey. Michelle Cusseaux. Shelly Frey. Kayla Moore....
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Your Daily Transformational News Digest
A curated daily news summary of articles and videos for those committed to the transformation of the African American community....
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Michael Brown Is Getting A Permanent Memorial In Ferguson
ST. LOUIS — Dozens of teddy bears that memorialized Michael Brown were removed from a site on Canfield Drive in Ferguson, Missouri, on Wednesday afternoon. The memorial will be replaced by a permanent plaque...
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Newly Released Footage Shows Shackled Freddie Gray Placed In Police Van Head First
Additional footage of Freddie Gray’s arrest by the Baltimore Police has raised questions about the case and Gray’s state during the incident that took his life....
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Happy X Day? The Case Against a Federal Holiday for Malcolm X
Several scholars agree that a federal holiday would sanitize the legacy of a leader who fought fearlessly against state-sanctioned violence, imperialism and white supremacy....
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