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Shenita Muse: Building Homes and Power to Combat Chicago’s Housing Crisis

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Black St. Louis Recovering From Deadly Tornadoes After Sirens, FEMA Failed

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Trump’s DOJ Dropping Police Reform Agreements With Louisville, Minneapolis

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Black Babies Are Still Dying—And America Let It Happen

April 16, 2025

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COLUMN: Jesse Jackson Jr. Warns of the “Al Jolson Syndrome” and the True Cost of Attacking DEI

April 13, 2025

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Dr. Van Johnson’s Battle Against Racial Injustice: The Legal Lynching of a Black Psychiatrist in Anderson, Indiana

February 26, 2025

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Dying to Wear the Badge: Black Police Recruits at Risk

February 20, 2025

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James Bridgeforth: The Death of Equality: Trump’s War on DEI and the Fight to Save America

February 4, 2025

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