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Stop Punishing Black Children Just Because They’re Black
Schools should be held to higher standards than students. If schools irresponsibly impose discipline practices, then...
The most racist areas in the United States
There are neighborhoods in Baltimore in which the life expectancy is 19 years less than other neighborhoods in the...
Black America Is Leaving While Staying Put
Jimmie Williams joins demonstrators in a protest outside of City Hall calling on Mayor Rahm Emanuel to resign on December 11, 2015 in Chicago,...
Stop Punishing Black Children Just Because They’re Black
Schools should be held to higher standards than students. If schools irresponsibly impose discipline practices, then those rules (or leaders) should...
The most racist areas in the United States
There are neighborhoods in Baltimore in which the life expectancy is 19 years less than other neighborhoods in the same city. Residents of the...
Spying Secrets: Is Facebook eavesdropping on your phone conversations?
It’s irresistible, enticing and addicting. And, it’s available 24-hours a day all over the world to billions of people. Facebook beckons to users...
For the poor in the Ivy League, a full ride isn’t always what they imagined
Money pressures lead many to scrimp on textbooks, meals and other expenses. To reach the Ivy League after growing up poor seems like hitting the...
The persistence of the reality gap matters | MSNBC
Has unemployment gone up or down in the Obama era? There's an objective truth, which Republican voters choose not to believe. “It’s a fact that...
Tennessee governor vetoes bill making Bible the official state book
"My personal feeling is that this bill trivializes the Bible, which I believe is a sacred text," Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam said. Tennessee Gov....
Video shows white cops performing roadside cavity search of black man
Aiken, S.C., cops had no reasonable cause for even the traffic stop, much less to violate the man's body. For the past few weeks, I’ve been working...
1 out of 3 American households can no longer afford rent, food, and transportation. The biggest rise in expenditures comes from rising housing costs.
The real unemployment rate is nearly twice as high as the stated headline unemployment rate. Only 44 percent of the adult population is engaged in...