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Study Finds That Job Applicants With "Distinctively Black" Names Get Called Back Less For Interviews

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Criminal Justice

60-Year-Old Philadelphia Man Exonerated After Wrongfully Spending Over 30 Years in Prison

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Simone Biles Withdraws From Uneven Bars and Vault Finals at Tokyo Olympics

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Law Enforcement

Georgia Cops Arrest Black Man After Answering Mental Health Call. One Cop Sics Police Dog on Him for Seemingly No Reason

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Role Call: Chinonye Chukwu Highlights the Resilience of Mamie Till-Mobley in the Upcoming Film Till and Tupac, Biggie and Suge Knight's Documentary Hits the Big Screen

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Black Mainstream on The Best and Worst Black TV Theme Music

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We Want That Old Thing Back: Cross Colours Takes Center Stage at Nordstrom

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Scent of a Bad Gal: Rihanna Announces Fenty Parfum Is Coming Soon

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What Does the 15 Percent Pledge Look Like in Practice? Sephora's Trying to Show and Prove

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The Funk Boutique: The Black Fashion Industry Is Not Only for You...But for Everyone

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Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher Apparently Don't Know the Meaning of Water Nor Soap. They Are Not Alone. I Haz Questions

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'You Wanna Race?': A Cultural Norm That Has Black Folks Running Down Streets at Midnight

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The Black Mainstream

The Black Mainstream: Black Television Theme Songs

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The Black Mainstream

The Twenty-Third Psalm

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News

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North Carolina Car Dealership Calls Black Woman 'Bon Quisha' in Now-Deleted Facebook Post. That's Not Her Name.

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Phylicia Rashad Apologizes to Howard Students and Parents for 'Insensitive' Cosby Tweet

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Ida B. Wells-Barnett Becomes First Black Woman to Be Honored in Chicago With a Monument

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Video Shows Montreal Police Officers Kneeling on the Neck and Back of a Black Teenager

Politics

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Trump Wanted DOJ to Say the 2020 Presidential Election Was Corrupt, Then Added: 'Leave the Rest to Me'

Stephen A. Crockett Jr.

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Texas Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee Becomes Third Black Lawmaker Arrested for Protecting Voting Rights

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Texas Deputy Attorney General Calls Simone Biles a ‘National Embarrassment,’ Offers Weak-Ass Apology

Stephen A. Crockett Jr.

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The Jan. 6 Rally Was Supposed to Be Peaceful. So Why Was Alabama Rep. Mo Brooks Wearing Body Armor?

Stephen A. Crockett Jr.