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Bill Cosby found guilty of 3 counts of aggravated sexual assault in Constand retrial

Federal judge rules DACA is a lawful program, US must accept new applications

Charlene Carruthers stepping down as National Director of BYP100 at the end of the year

Georgia police use law created to combat the Klu Klux Klan on counter-protesters of neo-Nazis

Black woman violently arrested at Waffle House draws calls for protests

Travis Reinking, Waffle House shooter arrested after five day manhunt ends

Cory Booker on Black people suffering under oppressive GOP governments: “We did it to ourselves”

Chicago-based Assata’s Daughters announces food justice through gardening project

Sandra Bland documentary to premiere at Tribeca Film Festival

Power restored to many Puerto Ricans after Wednesday blackout on island still reeling from hurricanes

Kendrick Lamar becomes first rapper to win a Pulitzer Prize

Mignon Clyburn, hailed as the “conscience” of the FCC, resigns

Seven killed in prison brawl in South Carolina, highlighting brutal conditions that breed violence

New report details how to support Black women in their political, economic and social roles

Starbucks CEO apologizes to Black men arrested in Philly store, Black police commissioner defends arrest

Black Mamas Matter Alliance launches first national Black maternal health week

Black women are the most likely to be unarmed when killed by police, according to study

Largest Black Lives Matter page on Facebook reportedly a scam

Wall Street is trying to siphon money from a distressed Puerto Rico in latest episode of “Disaster Capitalism”

Michigan governor to end Flint’s water bottle program despite skepticism from residents

Homeland Security to compile a global database of journalists, bloggers & ‘influencers’

Backpage co-founder charged after human trafficking investigation

GA officials don’t suspect foul play after finding body of missing CDC employee Timothy Cunningham

NYPD kills 34 year old Saheed Vassel after claiming they thought metal rod was a gun

Facing backlash, Grindr announces plan to stop sharing sensitive user info including HIV status

South African revolutionary leader Winnie Mandela dies at 81

Black Lives Matter activist arrested during anti-racism training after confrontation with white woman

Boy in viral protest photo and two other children missing after SUV crash in California

No charges, no surprise: After killing Alton Sterling, Baton Rouge police face mere disciplinary review

N.C. approves policy to limit physical restraints of incarcerated women in labor

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