The change may be the biggest help to low-income students of color, who are disproportionately likely to have been convicted of a crime.
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‘My heart, it’s never been fuller’: All black team wins D.C. Little League title | The Washington Post
They started with 120 kids in 2015. This year, 310 registered.
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Review: ‘Random Acts of Flyness’ Is a Striking Dream Vision of Race | The New York Times
HBO’s “Random Acts of Flyness” is like almost nothing you’ve seen on TV before. But it begins with a kind of image you’ve seen much too often.
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It’s a Celebration As Voters Oust Prosecutor Who Freed Michael Brown’s Killer | Colorlines
Ferguson City Council member Wesley Bell successfully challenged St. Louis County prosecuting attorney Bob McCulloch, as organizers and voters shout #ByeBob.
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Why Self-Made Boss Pat McGrath Is an Invaluable Asset to the Beauty World | Allure
Since her career took off in the 1990s, McGrath has worked with top models like Naomi Campbell and Gigi Hadid and photographers like Steven Meisel, on countless photo shoots.
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35 Black Owned Nail Salons | Shoppe Black
Shoppe Black, Shoppe Black Augusta Sagnelli, Featured Image [dropcap]I[/dropcap] was scrolling through our ShoppeBlack IG when saw a video pop up of a Black woman being attacked at an Asian nail salon in Brooklyn. Someone filmed employees of nail salon attacking a customer with a broom and throwing liquid at her while she tries to […]
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How to Fight Police Violence, Pollution, and Poverty, at the Same Time | City Lab
Summer Lee is the first black woman elected to represent the Pittsburgh region in the state legislature. And she wants to set the record straight on the confluence of factors eating her constituents alive.
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‘They wanted to jail us all’ – Black Panthers photographer Neil Kenlock looks back | The Guardian
From beauty pageants to burned-down pubs, Neil Kenlock spent decades capturing the struggles – and victories – of black Britain. Here he relives ‘some of the best years of my life’
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With BlacKkKlansman, Spike Lee Sounds the Alarm About America’s Past and Present | The Atlantic
The director’s newest film follows a policeman who successfully infiltrated the KKK in the 1970s, but the story it tells is also very much about the U.S. today.
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US healthcare prices set to skyrocket after ‘Obamacare’ scrapped | Al Jazeera
Many will have to pay a lot more for insurance after Trump got rid of subsidies provided by the Affordable Care Act.
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