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Report reveals alarming amount of systemic police and prosecutorial misconduct

By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) – On Jan. 21, 2011, former Chicago Police Commander Jon Burge was sentenced to four and a

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AKA Sorority does it again,raises $1M for HBCUs

“We did it, we did it again!” Dr. Glenda Glover, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority International President and Chief Executive Officer shared with excitement in a

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The Obama Justice Department had a plan to hold police accountable for abuses. The Trump DOJ has undermined it.
By Robert Faturechi ProPublica It was caught on tape. A Seattle police officer lunged into the backseat of a patrol car. The Black woman detained inside had been combative, but she already ...
Homes are flooding outside FEMA’s 100-year flood zones and racial inequality is showing through
By Kevin T. Smiley Contributing Writer (TheConversation.com) — When hurricanes and other extreme storms unleash downpours like Tropical Storm Beta has been doing in the South, the floodwater doesn’t always stay within ...
If Obamacare goes away, 8 ways your life will be affected
By Simon F. Haeder Contributing Writer (TheConversation.com) — More than 10 years after its passage, the Affordable Care Act once more hangs in the balance. There have been plenty of near misses ...
Judicial battle looms with Ginsburg passing, Black leaders fear loss of Civil Rights gains
By Barrington M. Salmon and Hazel Trice Edney Contributing Writers (TriceEdneyWire.com) — Civil Rights leaders are alternating between sadness over the death of Associate Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and deep ...
‘Unfathomable’: Death toll from coronavirus hits 200,000 in US
The U.S. death toll from the coronavirus topped 200,000 Tuesday, September 23, by far the highest in the world, hitting the once-unimaginable threshold six weeks before an election that is ...
Midwife Kiki Jordan examines TaNefer Camara during a routine postnatal visit about a week after the birth of her son, Esangu. In centuries past, Black midwives often functioned as spiritual advisers and parenting teachers as well as birth attendants. Photo by Rachel Scheier, courtesy of khn.org
Black women are turning to Midwives to avoid COVID and ‘feel cared for’
By Rachel Scheier Contributing Writer (Special from khn.org) — From the moment she learned she was pregnant late last year, TaNefer Camara knew she didn’t want to have her baby in a ...
COVID vaccine trials move at warp speed, but recruiting Black volunteers takes time
By Blake Farmer Contributing Writer (Special to khn.org and Nashville Public Radio) — Participation in clinical trials among Black people is low, according to Food and Drug Administration statistics. Still, including them ...
Poverty continues to prevent many ex-felons from voting
By Benjamin Barber Contributing Writer (Special from Facing South) — Last month, Desmond Meade voted for the first time in 30 years, casting a ballot in his home state of Florida. His ...

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