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26-Year-Old Doctor Founds West Africa’s First Air Ambulance

Trayvoning?

Toni Morrison, Dolores Huerta, Bob Dylan Among Recipients of Presidential Medal of Freedom

40 Shot In Chicago Over Memorial Day Weekend; 10 Dead

REPORT: Violent Flash Mobs Are Caused By Boredom, Lack of Resources

Top News Stories About Black Youth from Across the Nation: May 21 – 28

Van Jones Talks Recalling Gov Scott Walker and Keeping Pressure on President Obama

Police and the NATO Protests

A Commencement Speech for Black Youth: James Baldwin’s “A Letter to My Nephew”

Monday Is Memorial Day…But Saturday is MILES DAVIS DAY; Happy Birthday to a Legend

They Told Me I Wasn’t Smart Enough for Community College?!?!

Marriage: “I can do bad all by myself…”

The Right of the People to Peaceably Assemble

REPORT: 43 Percent of Black Gay Youth Have Contemplated or Attempted Suicide

VIBE: Meet Your New Role Models

15 Year-Old Honor Student Brittany Rowley Roughed Up by NYPD

Maryland Legislator Calls for Crackdown on Black Youth Mobs ‘Terrorizing’ Baltimore’s Inner Harbor

30 Children, 11 Mothers and No One Talks About The Black Man’s Body

Dissin Issa Rae Based on Race? That’s Awkward

Louisiana School Psychologist Says Young Black Thugs Should Be “Put Down”

NAACP President Ben Jealous Talks Same-Sex Marriage Support: ‘I Hope This Will Be A Game-Changer’

REPORT: More Than HALF of Wrongly Accused Prisoners Are Black

George Zimmerman Didn’t Take His Ritalin

Top News Stories About Black Youth from Across the Nation: May 14 – 20

18 Year-Old Alan Blueford Gunned Down By Oakland Police; Family and Activists Demand JUSTICE

Geraldo Rivera: Surveillance Video Shows Trayvon Was Dressed In “Thug Attire”

Duets

Autopsy Reveals THC in Trayvon Martin’s System; Why Is This Relevant?

The Media Should Try Asking Youth About Gay Marriage

The Complexity of a Hip Hop Culture That Glorifies Violence, Misogyny, and Homophobia

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