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‘A failure’: How Washington’s cannabis program shut out Black business owners
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Race-motivated assault charges filed against former New Hampshire police officer
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Black Americans still suffer worse health. Here’s why there’s so little progress
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A Texas county has told an appeals court it has a right to cull books on sex, gender and racism
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2 dismissed from Pennsylvania college swim team after student allegedly scratched racial slur onto another student’s body
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Abortion Restrictions Worsen Racial Inequities in Maternal Care
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Harvard’s Black enrollment dips after US Supreme Court bars affirmative action
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Lawmakers, community leaders convene for Racial Equity Summit
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Minneapolis approves officer pay raise years after calls to defund the police
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‘A failure’: How Washington’s cannabis program shut out Black business owners
There are no Black-owned cannabis retailers in the city of Seattle. Now there’s a push underway to change that. Author: PJ Randhawa Published: 7:48 AM PDT October 24, 2022 SEATTLE — Washington…
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Race-motivated assault charges filed against former New Hampshire police officer
By KATHY McCORMACK Updated 8:00 AM CST, October 31, 2024 CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A white former New Hampshire police officer has been accused of race-motivated assault against a Black bank…
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Black Americans still suffer worse health. Here’s why there’s so little progress
October 24, 2024 11:57 AM ET By Fred Clasen-Kelly, Renuka Rayasam KINGSTREE, S.C. — One morning in late April, a small brick health clinic along the Thurgood Marshall Highway bustled with patients.…
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A Texas county has told an appeals court it has a right to cull books on sex, gender and racism
By KEVIN McGILL Updated 4:53 PM CDT, September 24, 2024 NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Texas county that wants to keep 17 books off its shelves — some dealing humorously with flatulence and…
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2 dismissed from Pennsylvania college swim team after student allegedly scratched racial slur onto another student’s body
Updated on: September 22, 2024 / 2:44 PM EDT / CBS At least two students at Gettysburg College in Pennsylvania were suspended from the swim team after a report that a racial slur…
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Abortion Restrictions Worsen Racial Inequities in Maternal Care
Aziza Ahmed Sept. 23, 2024, 3:30 AM CDT Shifts in abortion law, with some states banning abortions altogether, have had a wide impact on maternal and child health. This generalized crisis…
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Harvard’s Black enrollment dips after US Supreme Court bars affirmative action
By Joseph Ax September 11, 2024 1:48 PM CDT The percentage of Black students in Harvard University’s freshman class dropped by more than a fifth following a landmark U.S. Supreme Court…
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Black women’s groups fight bias in health care
Suzanne Potter Monday, August 19, 2024 A bill headed to the State Senate floor this week would require California to start tracking discrimination in health care. Assembly Bill 3161 asks the…
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Lawmakers, community leaders convene for Racial Equity Summit
Journey for Justice Alliance aims to secure support for anti-racist legislation by Michael Baniewicz August 21, 2024 The Journey for Justice Alliance gathered elected officials, community leaders and educators Sunday for…
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Minneapolis approves officer pay raise years after calls to defund the police
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG and STEVE KARNOWSKI Updated 5:05 PM CDT, July 18, 2024 MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Years after a movement to defund the Minneapolis Police Department and a severe officer shortage in the…
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