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Trent Bennett, a teacher at Malvern High School in Little Rock, took to KTHV-TV's Facebook page on Christmas Eve to unleash a series of racist remarks about President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama.

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Steven Sampson, a 41-year-old NYC EMT worker, faces criminal charges after authorities reveal he fabricated a robbery on Christmas morning.

A Missouri law sparks concerns over felony charges for school fights. It could impact students of color disproportionately.

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Vladimir Putin has decided that he won’t expel any U.S. diplomats in response to President Obama’s sanctions on Russian diplomats and intelligence agencies.

Civil rights leaders including Andrew Young, C.T. Vivian and Xernona Clayton talked with several University of Alabama and University of Washington football players about continuing the fight for progress and overcoming racial divides during a discussion at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia on Tuesday night.

Hopefully, Lance Gross will take the time to reflect on why his holiday social media post triggered tense conversations and explore the impact of colorism on communities of color.

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Dylann Roof faces the death penalty or life in prison when the penalty phase of his hate crimes trial resumes on January 3.

The Obama administration is set to impose sanctions on Russia to punish the country for meddling in the 2016 U.S. elections. President Obama pledged this month that there would be a response to Moscow’s interference.

2017 absolutely must bring a stop to the intense violence in Chicago.   It appears that everyone didn’t celebrate the fun, festivities and magic of the Christmas season, as it is being reported that violence reached astounding numbers in Chicago during the holiday weekend. An estimated 61 people were shot and almost a dozen were […]

Oh, how we wish he could’ve run for a third term as well.   It’s been almost two months since the 2016 presidential election and the majority of us are still trying to forget the outcome. Unfortunately for the foreseeable future we are stuck with one Donald Trump, but that doesn’t mean that we can’t […]

West Virginia nonprofit director Pamela Ramsey Taylor lost her job after she referred to first lady Michelle Obama as an "ape in heels" in a November Facebook post. The termination coincided with a state agency vowing to keep a closer watch on the nonprofit Clay County Development Corp. following weeks of controversy.

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The Fraternal Order of Police requested the removal of BLM shirts from Amazon after Walmart discontinued sales last week.