SECOND IN A SERIES: ‘My mom was awesome, she never talked down to me…. But I felt like…I owed it to her to be perfect so she doesn’t feel like keeping me was a mistake’
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This series by NNPA Washington Correspondent Jazelle Hunt examines rape in the Black community and the long path toward healing
READ MOREBlacks live disproportionately in states that experienced the greatest income inequality
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A Super Bowl that got off to a slow start wound up with a 'Whoa!' finish, a lot like the New England Patriots' entire season
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American poet, novelist and playwright Langston Hughes has been commemorated in a Google Doodle
READ MOREOverdue updates in the works to Bush's 'No Child Left Behind' education law
READ MOREThe president, who plans to push the issue in his Jan. 20 State of the Union address, argued that providing educational opportunity and creating a more skilled U.S. workforce shouldn't be a partisan issue
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Lawmaker says he regrets appealing to hate group
READ MOREPolice departments and union leaders are warning police to wear bulletproof vests and avoid making inflammatory posts on social media after a man shot two officers to death
READ MOREHowever, he cannot unilaterally end the longstanding U.S. economic embargo on Cuba, which was passed by Congress and would require action from lawmakers to overturn
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