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Homicides of transgender women in US reach alarming high

For a few transgender Americans, this has been a year of glamour and fame. For many others, 2015 has been fraught with danger, violence and…

Minneapolis protesters vow to stay outside police station

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) _ An encampment of protesters outside a Minneapolis police station vowed Saturday to maintain their vigil over the death of a Black man…

Mizzou’s student president: School has racism, also unity

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) _ When Payton Head ran for student president at the University of Missouri _ a school now known for one student’s hunger…

Tawanda Jones wages long fight for justice in Baltimore

BALTIMORE (AP) _ Every Wednesday for more than two years, Tawanda Jones has stood vigil _ in front of City Hall, outside the state’s attorney’s…

Ferguson protests influence actions at U. of Missouri

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — When cotton balls were scattered outside the Black culture center at the University of Missouri’s flagship campus in 2010 in a…

The hajj journey of Black Americans 50 years after Malcolm X

MECCA, Saudi Arabia (AP) _ As Shahidah Sharif, an African-American Muslim, joined millions of fellow pilgrims from around the world on the hajj this year,…

Sanders seeking Black support seen as Hillary Clinton’s base

SUMTER, S.C. (AP) _ The Bernie Sanders phenomenon has been driven almost entirely by White supporters. Now the Vermont senator is out to overcome hurdles…

Ex-tennis star James Blake: Fire NYC officer who tackled me

NEW YORK (AP) — Former tennis star James Blake, whose caught-on-camera takedown by a plainclothes New York City police officer prompted apologies from the mayor…

Ex-officer charged in fatal shooting of Walter Scott seeks release

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Attorneys for a white former police officer who shot and killed an unarmed black man during a traffic stop are asking…

Courting unions on Labor Day, Obama pushes paid sick leave

BOSTON (AP) — Courting unions on Labor Day, President Barack Obama denounced Republicans for a “constant attack on working Americans” and said he was using…

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