African Americans
Honor Juneteenth by closing the racial economic divide
June 19, 2017Even over 150 years after slavery, black families still lag centuries behind whites in household wealth.
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Alt-Right targets women in attack on free speech
June 12, 2017A leading organizer and scholar on Black politics and racial inequality, Taylor is the author of the critically acclaimed book "#BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation."
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Black youths as prey: The killing of Jordan Edwards
May 3, 2017The high school freshman was in the company of two of his brothers, and other friends, when police began firing at the car they were in.
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Patricia McKissack, author of African-American children’s books, dies
April 12, 2017“To me, reading is like breathing; both are essential to life.”—Patricia C. McKissack
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Chicago South Shore activists and cops find some agreement on killings
April 6, 2017"We can’t just put accountability on our community without putting accountability on our elected officials."
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