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Published: 03 March 2017

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NAACP talks with AG Sessions on police bruality and links between Russian interference in election and voter supression

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Published: 01 March 2017

 

The NAACP today released the following statement regarding Secretary Betsy DeVos promoting HBCUs as examples of school choice

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Written by VIVIAN SALAMA and JULIE PACE

Published: 01 March 2017

In this Feb. 22, 2017 file photo, Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly attends a news conference in Guatemala City. In a White House with multiple competing power centers, Kelly, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and Joint Chiefs Chairman Joseph Dunford are emerging as a new force to be reckoned with. All three are have standing invitations to Trump's working dinners and were influential voices in Trump's decision-making process for a new national security adviser. (AP Photo/Luis Soto, File) 

Mattis, Kelly and Dunford have formed a stabilizing influence in an administration marked by turmoil

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Written by ERIC TUCKER, Associated Press

Published: 26 February 2017

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Sessions wants to keep for-profit prisons overruling Obama-era order to phase them out

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Written by ERICA WERNER, AP Congressional Correspondent

Published: 26 February 2017

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Republicans are looking for clues to President Trump's healthcare plans in his speech to Congress Tuesday night

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Written by By BILL BARROW, Associated Press

Published: 26 February 2017

 

Perez, who led the 2012 DOJ civil rights investigation into Portland Police Bureau named Minnesota Rep. Keith Ellison as his deputy

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Written by Shontavia Johnson, Drake University

Published: 23 February 2017

 

Like many of the rights set in the U.S. Constitution, the right to a patent was not extended to slaves

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Written by DEEPTI HAJELA and AMY TAXIN, Associated Press

Published: 22 February 2017

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Some are carrying wallet-size "Know Your Rights" guides in Spanish and English that explain what to do if they're rounded up

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Written by BLAKE NICHOLSON, Associated Press

Published: 22 February 2017

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Heavy law enforcement presence likely to remain at pipeline site, long afer protesters pack up

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Written by ALICIA A. CALDWELL, Associated Press

Published: 21 February 2017

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Trump administration is greatly expanding the number of people considered a priority for deportation, including those arrested for traffic violations