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PHOTO COURTESY OF YOUTUBE.COM WHITE KANSAS LAWMAKER: BLACKS RESPONDED WORST TO DRUGS TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) – A white Kansas state lawmaker arguing against the legalization …

PHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA By LUCE JANVIER EDITOR’S NOTE: Luce Janvier is a Haitian North Miami resident, a member of the Black Alliance for Just …

Neighbors’ empathy being tested. PHOTO COURTESY OF SOCIALIST REVOLUTION By AMY TAXIN and GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) – Mohammed Aly does not …

Lacking documentation that black armed Confederates existed, two lawmakers want a state monument honoring them. STOCK PHOTO COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – Two South Carolina lawmakers …

Erricka Bridgeford, recently named ‘Marylander of the Year.’ PHOTO COURTESY OF YOUTUBE By DAVID McFADDEN Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) – In an alley where a …

PHOTO COURTESY OF YOUTUBE.COM FOUR DEPUTIES WOUNDED, ONE DEAD IN COLORADO ATTACK DENVER (AP) – Authorities in suburban Denver were investigating what led a 37-year-old …

PHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) – North America couldn’t catch a break in 2017. Parts of the …

Their hair: Keeping it real. PHOTO COURTESY OF BAROQUE-PORTRAITS Associated Press ATLANTA – The kinks. The waves. The twists. The blooming afro. Atlanta photography duo …

At hairnah.com: Can’t touch this. PHOTO COURTESY OF HAIRNAH.COM WASHINGTON (AP) – Art director Momo Pixel moved to Portland, Oregon in 2016, and confronted a …

More concentrated violence, researchers say, can become easy for most people to ignore, can intensify the problem, and can create a sense of “Let’s wall …