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Published: 26 January 2016

In this Sept. 20, 2015, file photo, Tracy Morgan poses in the press room at the 67th Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles. Morgan will officially launch his "Picking Up the Pieces" standup tour Feb. 5, 2016, at the Horseshoe Casino in Hammond, Ind., continuing through May. Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File. 

Former ’30 Rock,’ ‘SNL’ star talks about his first tour after a gruesome 2014 accident that killed a friend and nearly cost him his life 

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Published: 23 January 2016

 

Ammon Bundy turned down private meeting with FBI because he wanted media presence    

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Published: 22 January 2016

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The NAACP sued against big banks for unfair lending in 2007 - but gaps in homeownership and wealth persist 

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Published: 21 January 2016

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Civil rights lawyer talks about the Civil Rights Movement, nonviolence and coming together

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Published: 21 January 2016

 

African Americans are five times more likely to develop the progressive eye disease

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Published: 17 January 2016

 

Should minimum wage be the same in depressed rural Oregon and fast-growing Portland     

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Published: 15 January 2016

Dr. Lisa Bates 

The PSU Professor won an award for excellence in urban and regional planning   

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Written by Arashi Young

Published: 14 January 2016

 

The new hiring standard, based on the NFL’s ‘Rooney Rule,’ requires city to interview at least one minority, female or disabled candidate   

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Published: 14 January 2016

 

Event has equipped the city’s young with life skills through hip hop since 2007   

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Published: 10 January 2016

 

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