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  3. Mom Who Went Viral After Dragging Son Out of Baltimore Protests Seeks Help After Fire Destroys Home

  4. Milwaukee Officer Threatened Online After Fatal Shooting of Sylville Smith 

  5. NY Man Builds Barbed Wire Fence to Protect Donald Trump Sign 

  6. LeBron James Took 5,000 Kids to Cedar Point Amusement Park

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  1. News

    1. SC Teens Fatally Shoot Man Who Helped Pull Their Car Out of Ditch: Report
    2. Mom Who Went Viral After Dragging Son Out of Baltimore Protests Seeks Help After Fire Destroys Home
    3. Milwaukee Officer Threatened Online After Fatal Shooting of Sylville Smith 
    4. NY Man Builds Barbed Wire Fence to Protect Donald Trump Sign 
    5. DC Police Investigating Twitter Video of Black Woman Being Pinned to Cruiser by Cop
    6. Simone Biles Finishes Rio Olympics With 4 Gold Medals
    7. Baltimore Police Lieutenant Suspended After Email Calling Protesters ‘Thugs’
    8. Noose Display Along Okla. Highway Shocks Drivers
    9. NYC to Settle With Family of Akai Gurley for $4,100,000
    10. NM Restaurant Is Now Selling ‘Black Olives Matter’ Shirts, Hats

  2. Culture

    1. A Hip-Hop Hall of Fame for the ‘Other Guy’
    2. Democrats for Education Reform Seek to Empower Parents and Strengthen Black Communities
    3. A Black Man’s Coming of Age in the Age of Obama
    4. What Is K2, the Drug that Killed Marion Barry's Son?
    5. Om Space: 1 Man’s Mission to Heal His Community Through Yoga
    6. Why the Black Lives Matter Movement Has to Take on Charter Schools
    7. An Ode to Lisa Nicole Carson
    8. Ray Rice Isn’t Being Blackballed by the NFL for Domestic Violence. He’s Just Not Good Anymore
    9. Pushback Against the NAACP’s Anti-Charter School Stance Is Misguided and Self-Serving
    10. How a Ga. Mom Is Promoting Social Awareness Through Black-Themed School Supplies 

  4. Lists

    1. 8 GIFs to Celebrate Obama’s Birthday
    2. Happy Birthday, Laurence Fishburne! Celebrate His Most Epic Movie Moments
    3. The Ultimate Breakup Playlist, Inspired by Mary J. Blige and Kendu Isaacs
    4. 9 Hilarious RNC Memes
    5. 7 Times Fantasia Took Us to Church With Her Stunning Performances
    6. 6 Black Women Who Are Leading Africa’s Digital Revolution
    7. 10 STEM Summer Camps for Students of Color
    8. The Most Important Job Nobody Wants: The 3 People Who Could Be Trump’s Veep Pick
    9. These Musicians Are Geminis. But Are You Surprised?
    10. 15 New Books by Black Authors to Dive Into This Summer

  5. Politics

    1. A Dear John Letter to the Democratic Party
    2. That 1 Time Donald Trump Was Right
    3. Don’t Throw Your Vote Away on Jill Stein
    4. George P. Bush’s Spineless Move to Endorse Trump Is About Power, Not Principle
    5. The GOP’s Obsession With Detroit Is a Dangerously Coded Attack on Black Leadership
    6. 1 Year Later: BLM Protester Who Interrupted Bernie Sanders’ Rally Discusses the Moment and the Movement
    7. How Both Hillary Clinton and Black and Latino Journalists Blew Their Big Shot
    8. Worst Behavior: How Donald Trump’s Self-Inflicted Wounds Let Hillary Clinton Off the Hook
    9. What Unity? Twitter Reveals a Great Divide Within Both Political Parties
    10. Dear Centrists: The Left Has Something to Say Whether You Like It or Not

  6. History

    1. How Do I Save a Family Bible That Is Falling Apart?
    2. Did My Black Forebear Have Kids With a White Employer?
    3. Do I Really Have African and Native American Ancestry?
    4. Help Me Find My Ancestors in Slave Records
    5. How Do I Connect With Kin of My Ancestor’s Slave Owners?
    6. Star-Spangled Bigotry: The Hidden Racist History of the National Anthem
    7. A DNA Test Says I’m Part Black. How Do I Embrace That?
    8. Am I Related to Free People of Color in NC?
    9. Tell Me More About My Runaway Slave Ancestor
    10. How Do I Research My Kin’s Jamaican Origins?

  7. Photos

    1. 20 Black Films Made After She’s Gotta Have It That You Should See
    2. It’s Been 2 Years Since Ferguson: Where Are They Now?
    3. She’s Gotta Have It, 30 Years Later: Where Are They Now?
    4. 40 Black Athletes to Watch at the Rio Olympics
    5. Our Power, Our Promise: When Thought Leaders Conjoin 
    6. Boyz n the Hood Cast at 25: Where Are They Now?
    7. Tumult: 72 Hours in Photos 
    8. Tennis Royalty: The Williams Sisters Love to Serve
    9. Happy 18th Birthday, Malia Obama! 
    10. Celebrities Who Hold It Down for the Divine 9

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