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WASHINGTON (AP) — Adults think that black girls are less innocent, less in need of protection and nurturing, and seem older than similarly aged white girls, which could lead to stiffer punishments in school, a new report said Tuesday. The report also said American adults think black girls know more about adult topics and about […]

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Rosa Parks might be known for taking an epic stand against segregation, refusing to give up her seat to a white man in December of 1955. However, her story does not end there. After this epic moment in Civil Rights History, she lost her job as a seamstress after financial sanctions were imposed against civil rights […]

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SALEM, Mass. (AP) — John Legend is expected on a Massachusetts college campus this week to receive a social justice award. The singer-songwriter becomes the first recipient of the Salem Advocate for Social Justice award when he accepts the honor Tuesday at Salem State University. https://twitter.com/johnlegend/status/857285741965135872 Legend is to perform and also discuss his work […]

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The 32nd Annual Stellar Gospel Music Awards dazzled Las Vegas, NV this past weekend at The Orleans Arena. Gospel’s biggest night was hosted by Erica Campbell and Anthony Brown. Featured performances included performances by Shirley Caesar and Jekalyn Carr, Fred Hammond, Kirk Franklin,  JJ Hairston and Youthful Praise, Travis Greene, Doug Williams, Keith “Wonderboy” Johnson, Donnie McClurkin and more.  Also honored were gospel legend Spencer Taylor (of the Highway QC’s) […]

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President Obama is being urged to make good on his promise to grant clemency to thousands of non-violent drug offenders serving life sentences in prison.

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A few years back, you could always find my workout buddy and I at the Taco Bell across the street after we’d kicked butt in our boot camp class. We’d just worked up a sweat, we rationalized, and surely were due a treat. We knew we were wrong as two left shoes (and so were […]

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Full hips and thick thighs have always been prized in the black community, but that doesn’t stop a woman from looking in the mirror and wishing she had that Beyoncé thigh gap or a little less jiggle. There’s no one exercise that can give you award-winning thighs—for the fifty-leventh time: Spot reducing fat doesn’t work—but […]

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The New York Times reports that 53 percent of White female voters supported Trump on Election Day, despite his sexist and degrading comments.