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Study reveals disturbing trend: Emerging adults sentenced to life without parole
By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) — In a stunning revelation, a newly released report by The Sentencing Project brings to light the
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Paralyzed New Haven man receives a record $45M settlement in police brutality lawsuit
(Blackmansstreet.Today) — Richard “Randy ” Cox, who was riding without seatbelts in the back of a police van, was paralyzed when he was thrown into
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By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) — House leaders joined forces with the U.S. Postal Service to reveal a commemorative stamp paying tribute to the late Rep. John Lewis on ... FTC sues Amazon over deceptive prime subscription practices
By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) — Amazon is facing legal action from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for allegedly engaging in deceptive practices to entice consumers into signing up ... Will Hurd, a moderate Texas Republican, announces run for president
By Patrick Svitek Contributing Writer (Special from The Texas Tribune via lailluminator.com) — Former U.S. Rep. Will Hurd, R-Helotes, announced Thursday he is running for president, becoming the first Texan with experience ... Black, rural Southern women at gravest risk from pregnancy miss out on maternal health aid
By Sarah Jane Tribble Contributing Writer (kffhealthnews.org) — As maternal mortality skyrockets in the United States, a federal program created to improve rural maternity care has bypassed Black mothers, who are at ... How a grad student uncovered the largest known slave auction in the US
By Jennifer Berry Hawes ProPublica Sitting at her bedroom desk, nursing a cup of coffee on a quiet Tuesday morning, Lauren Davila scoured digitized old newspapers for slave auction ads. A graduate ... Medical pioneer Henrietta Lacks nominated for Congressional Gold Medal in recognition of revolutionary contributions to modern medicine
By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) – Leaders from the Congressional Black Caucus, alongside the family of medical pioneer Henrietta Lacks, gathered in the nation’s capital to announce their unanimous ... Study reveals off-duty police kill Black men at unacceptably high rates
By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) — A recent study in Health Services Research found that off-duty police officers commit homicides more often than previously thought, and media coverage of ... Advocates sound alarm as SCOTUS weighs ban on Affirmative Action
By Peter White Contributing Writer (Ethnic Media Service) — The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to rule on two cases this month that could prohibit consideration of race in college admissions, undoing ...
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