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HBCU Gets $900 Million Grant to Stem HIV Infections

Rappers Talk Mental Illness and Depression with VICE

Oprah Helps Alvin Ailey Dancer with Dream of a Lifetime

Blacks More Likely to Get Arrested for Dealing Drugs than Whites Who Do Drugs More Often

‘Empire’ Star Bryshere Gray Talks Mental Health in Philadelphia

Chicago Police Have Been Spying on Activists Since 2014 Or Maybe Longer

10-year-old Dismantles the Classist U.S. Criminal Justice System

The Gentrification at Chicago’s Cabrini-Green Projects Could Happen Anywhere

Shea Moisture’s First Commercial Tackles the Implicit Racism of Beauty Aisles

‘2 Dope Queens’ Produce A Podcast About Being Exactly That

Long Island Teen Gets Accepted Into All 8 Ivy League Schools

8 Black Women Graduate with PhD from Indiana University in May

Jackson City Council Passes Resolution to Mississippi Bill

Esperanza Spalding is Back After Three Years

BET Finally Acquires the Soul Train Brand

“The Hair Tales” Reminds Us of the Magic of Black Hair

Beyoncé Opens Up During Interview with ELLE Magazine

James Dixon’s Arrest Raises Questions About Media Coverage Of Islan Nettles Murder

Same-Sex Couples Can Now Adopt in All 50 States

Hate Group Outnumbered by Armed Worshipers at Texas Mosque

Meet the Academics Behind Black Lives Matter

Jesse Williams to Star and Produce Harry Belafonte Biopic

Kehlani, Depression, and Why It’s Time to Stop Belittling It

The ‘White Boy In Locs’ Movement Isn’t Just About A Hairstyle

11-Year-Old Closes Lemonade Expansion Deal With Whole Foods

Sean Combs’ Charter School Is Great, But Only Half The Answer

‘Black Girl Nerds’ Founder Jamie Broadnax On Being Black, Woman, and Nerdy

This Video Explains What It Means to Be Afro-Latinx

This Poet Is Calling Out The Founding Fathers For Their Erasure Of Black People

It’s Time Black Actresses Played More Than The ‘Sassy’ Sidekick

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