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Written by Ryan Lucas, Associated Press

Published: 26 September 2014

 

Coalition goal is to cripple militant’s source of cash, estimated at $2 million a day      

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Published: 25 September 2014

 

A crowd of 300 tells DOJ investigators their stories of police harassment and brutality      

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Written by Tami Abdollah, Associated Press

Published: 25 September 2014

 

Marlene Pinnock will receive $1.5 million in the settlement and the officer will resign            

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Written by Nedra Pickler, Jim Kuhnhenn, Associated Press

Published: 25 September 2014

 

Holder made changes aimed at reducing racial bias in the Justice system     

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Written by Karl Ritter, Associated Press

Published: 24 September 2014

 

Pakistani human rights activist Asma Jahangir, Basil Fernando of the Asian Human Rights Commission and U.S. environmentalist Bill McKibben shared cash award of 1.5 million kroner    

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Written by David Crary, AP National Writer

Published: 24 September 2014

 

More than one in five women and one in eight men will experience serious intimate partner violence in their lifetimes    

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Written by Mohammed Daraghmeh, Karin Laub, Associated Press

Published: 22 September 2014

 

The recent conflict in Gaza has resulted in more than 2,100 Palestinians killed and more than 18,000 homes destroyed or severely damaged    

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Written by Ken Thomas, Associated Press

Published: 22 September 2014

 

Policy issues like raising the minimum wage, equal pay and affordable childcare could take center stage   

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Written by Jazelle Hunt, NNPA Washington Correspondent

Published: 22 September 2014

 

Public school teachers are 82 percent White as our students of color become the majority   

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Written by Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent

Published: 22 September 2014

 

The poverty rate for Blacks was 27.2 percent compared to a 9.6 percent poverty rate for Whites in 2013