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Details: Written by NAACP; Published: 29 December 2016

Historic and current failure to acknowledge voter suppression remains a key issue

Details: Written by By DAVID CRARY, AP National Writer; Published: 29 December 2016

(AP Photo/Max Becherer, File)

Trump victory, Brexit, police brutality top editors’ list of big stories

Details: Written by ADAM GELLER, AP National Writer; Published: 29 December 2016

In this Dec. 17 file photo, President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a rally at Ladd-Peebles Stadium in Mobile, Ala.

From Brexit to the Presidential race to the Oregon occupation, many headlines showed deepening distrust and division

Details: Written by By JEFFREY COLLINS, Associated Press; Published: 28 December 2016

This June 18, 2015, file photo, provided by the Charleston County Sheriff's Office shows Dylann Roof. Roof was convicted Thursday, Dec. 15, 2016, in the chilling attack on nine black church members who were shot to death last year during a Bible study, affirming the prosecution's portrayal of a young white man who hoped the slayings would start a race war or bring back segregation. (Charleston County Sheriff's Office via AP, File)

U.S. judge warns Roof acting as his own attorney is a bad idea

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 24 December 2016

Nielsen membership and field representatives went into classrooms across the country for the Great American Teach In. This group of field associates taught business etiquette to students at Friendship Public Charter School in Southeast Washington DC.

Around one in seven of the Millennial generation (aged 16-34) are African American

Details: Written by By LEANNE ITALIE, Associated Press; Published: 23 December 2016

In this May 3, 2011, file photo, first lady Michelle Obama dances with students at Alice Deal Middle School in northwest Washington during a surprise visit for the school's Let's Move! event. When Michelle Obama considered the daunting prospect of becoming first lady, she purposely avoided turning to books by her predecessors for guidance. Instead, she turned inward (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Children talk about what Michelle Obama's career, initiatives have meant to them

Details: Written by By MAE ANDERSON, AP Technology Writer; Published: 22 December 2016

AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee

Amazon has added warehouses and package carriers have increased shipping to address last-minute demand

Details: Written by THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary; Published: 20 December 2016

On Monday, the President granted commutation of sentence to 153 individuals and pardons to 78 individuals

Details: Written by BRADLEY KLAPPER, Associated Press; Published: 18 December 2016

Hillary Clinton speaks in Washington, Nov. 16, 2016. Clinton says Russian interference had a bearing on her defeat in the presidential race, citing a long-running effort by Russian President Vladimir Putin to discredit America and its government. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

Mistrust is part of the landscape in countries around the world