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Nabra Hassanen, Muslim teenager, abducted and killed after leaving mosque

INTERVIEW: Fight trans homelessness with J. Skyler Robinson

Juneteenth and our post-emancipation fight for liberation

Two transgender women assaulted in Brooklyn

Jury continues to deliberate over Philando Castile shooting case

Top health official Nick Lyon in Michigan charged with involuntary manslaughter

Rep. Steve Scalise, Republican House Whip, shot at baseball practice in “deliberate attack”

1 year after Pulse, the vulnerability (and strength) of queer people of color is more apparent than ever

Warriors reportedly won’t be visiting Trump’s White House

Dave Chappelle donates $50,000 from show to Flint

Texas Governor Greg Abbott signs bill to ban out-of-school suspensions for young students

Bill Cosby jury begins deliberations for sexual assault trial

Black high school student Aina Adewunmi speaks out after seeing picture of herself being lynched

Innocent Kansas City man released from prison after 16 years due to mistaken identity

University of Chicago adult trauma center to open on city’s South Side in May 2018

Deputy and husband indicted on murder charges after killing man outside of Denny’s

White Starbucks customer calls Black customer ‘slave’ and punches pedestrian

More Than a Token: Parting reflections on being Black at the University of Chicago

The Case of Quilombo: Black Students Fight to Stay in Brazilian Universities

Amazon offers discounted Prime membership to food stamp, WIC users

Tippit Middle School in Texas calls racial harassment of student inappropriate, but not bullying

10th Trans Person of the Year, Kenne McFadden, Killed in San Antonio

Activist Marlon Peterson tells TED Talk audience ‘I am what garbage looks like’ [VIDEO]

Chokwe Lumumba wins Jackson mayoral race

Las Vegas police officer Kenneth Lopera arrested for choking unarmed Black man to death

Flint official Phil Stair resigns after being recorded saying “ni–ers don’t pay their bills”

Keshia Knight Pulliam walks Bill Cosby into court

Harvard retracts admissions of applicants who founded obscene group chat

New Yorkers try to stop ICE from arresting man, Hardat Sampat, on way to court

Michael Brown’s mother and sister get high school diplomas together

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