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Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens calls for repealing the 2nd amendment

Conservative Christian colleges stuck between fear of laws around LGBTQ discrimination and fear of change

Killer Mike defends gun rights in interview with NRA, apologizes after backlash

Beyoncé, UNICEF and Gucci partnership brings $1 million support for clean water project in Burundi

3 suspects charged in connection with mosque bombing, attempted bombing of women’s facility

Federal judge rules LAPD’s gang injunctions violate civil liberties

Sacramento police shoot Stephon Clark 20 times in his own backyard, falsely claim he had a crowbar in his hand

Marvel taps Nnedi Okorafor to write Wakanda Forever series starring the Dora Milaje

Here’s how Facebook and Cambridge Analytica harvested data from 50 million users for conservative political ads

Supreme Court will allow Flint water contamination lawsuits

After Uber’s self-driving car kills a woman in Arizona, company halts self-driving car tests

#BanTheBox isn’t enough: Study shows prison is a symptom of economic barriers, not just a cause

Salvation Army opens first non-profit grocery store in Baltimore to combat food deserts

Assassination of anti-police brutality activist and politician shakes Brazil

National Geographic and the New York Times own up to racist, sexist legacies

Austin bombings targeting people of color leave many questions and terror in their wake

Oakland café refuses to serve cops, garners community support despite controversy

Baltimore renames former Confederate park in honor of Harriet Tubman

New report shines light on staggering underrepresentation of women of color in media

Will and Jaden Smith’s company Just Water donates fresh water to a still struggling Flint, MI

Beloved young Chicago Principal Rob Croston passed away after complications from genetic disorder

Noted Indigenous author Sherman Alexie accused of sexual harrassment

Finalists for 30th annual Lambda Literary awards honoring LGBTQ literature announced

‘Get Out’s Jordan Peele makes history as the first Black person to win Best Original Screenplay Oscar

Hampton University students protest sexual assault, unsanitary dining conditions

Black people were held in slavery in the Deep South as late as the 1960’s

South Africa moves to take lands from settlers’ descendants to redistribute to indigenous South Africans

Oprah’s $500k support of the Parkland students is a raw reminder of her lack of support for Black lives

Fight to turn Black Georgia area into a city highlights the roadblocks for self-sustaining Black communities

Education Department wants to protect predatory student loan collectors

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