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HBCU Students Want Biden To Be Held Accountable to His Billion Dollar Promise

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Mass Incarceration

Why Is It So Hard For Incarcerated People To Get Access To The Books They Need And Want?

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‘Karen’ Flashes ID at Black Man on TikTok Who Ate Gummy Worms Before Paying for Them

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Steve Harvey 'Very Uncomfortable' Seeing Photo of Michael B. Jordan and his Daughter, Lori

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Page County Karen Violently Threatens School Over Mask Mandate

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Page County Karen Violently Threatens School Over Mask Mandate

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Japanese Americans Join The Struggle for Black Reparations

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Karen Attacks a Black Man After He Was Allegedly Served First at a Hilton Hotel in Rio De Janeiro

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Steve Harvey 'Very Uncomfortable' Seeing Photo of Michael B. Jordan and his Daughter, Lori

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Producers Confirm That Girls Trip 2 is "Officially Underway"

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Black Senators in Mississippi Protest as the State Senate Passed Bill that Would Ban Teaching Critical Race Theory

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Study: COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy has Dropped Among Black People

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$850 Per Month For Black Women in Atlanta

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Mitch McConnell Separates Black Folks from "Americans" When it Comes to Voting

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