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T minus nine days and counting until the new clinic opens. The final push to the finish line could be going better. It is the …

Theoretically I understand racism. Someone hates someone else because of the color of his or her skin. But as empathetic as I profess to be, …

PHOTO COURTESY OF THEJAKARTAPOST.COM   By DAVID McFADDEN Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Amid a maze of car repair shops in Haiti’s gritty capital, Andre …

PHOTO COURTESY OF MANKATOFREEPRESS.COM   By KATHLEEN HENNESSEY and EMILY SWANSON WASHINGTON – As many in the United States hold their noses in the search …

PHOTO COURTESY OF SPORTS.VICE.COM   By TERRANCE HARRIS AP Sports Writer ORLANDO, Fla. – Racial and gender hiring practices in college sports have improved slightly …

PHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIPEDIA.ORG   By BRADLEY KLAPPER HIROSHIMA, Japan – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry visited the revered memorial to Hiroshima’s atomic bombing, …

Journalists are getting a bum rap these days. While they have always been suspect in the minds of some people – especially powerful people with …

PHOTO COURTESY OF CREATIVECONTRACTORS.COM ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – The U.S. Department of Education says it is launching a civil rights investigation into whether the Pinellas …

PHOTO COURTESY OF SPOKESMAN.COM   By LISA LERER Associated Press WASHINGTON – A day after a heated exchange with protesters, Former President Bill Clinton is …

  By BEN NUCKOLS Associated Press WASHINGTON – Arrest records show that racial disparities remain in marijuana arrests in the nation’s capital even after possession …