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Taalibah Ines kisses a coffin as she places a rose on top of it while joining a group of AIDS activists marking World AIDS Day by holding a funeral in front of the White House December 1, 2010 in Washington, DC. World AIDS day remembers the 1.8 million people who have died globally in the past year, and urges world governments to increase funding for AIDS treatment and research. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

How to end the HIV/AIDS crisis in black America

Alecia McGregor
OPINION - Two years ago, the nation’s oldest civil rights organization and oldest university formed a partnership to investigate the persistent racial disparity in HIV/AIDS in the United States...
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White House previews holiday decor, 2nd term agenda

Sophia Nelson

WASHINGTON – On Friday, the White House Office of Digital Strategy Invited fourteen online women-focused magazines and publications to an exclus…

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Paramedic Jonathan Paz takes blood from a patient at the University of Miami Hospital's Emergency Department on April 30, 2012 in Miami, Florida. As people wait to hear from the United States Supreme Court on its decision of the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act, some experts say that if the act is overturned, a decision expected later this year, people that now have insurance will no longer be eligible and will be kicked back into a system where the emergency department is their first visit when sick. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

How Paul Ryan's plan could hurt your health

Dr. Tyeese Gaines
OPINION - The proposed changes to Medicaid and Medicare by congressman, and Republican Vice Presidential candidate, Paul Ryan will undoubtedly change the landscape of 24/7 emergency care...
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Romney rep can't 'get into details' on candidate's Afghanistan policy

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VIDEO - Mitt Romney's campaign adviser Tara Wall had trouble providing clarity on the Republican candidate's during a recent appearance on MSNBC...
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Protesters opposed to Arizona's Immigration Law SB 1070 rally for immigrant rights April 25, 2012 in Phoenix, Arizona. (Photo by Jonathan Gibby/Getty Images)

Obama offers immunity to some immigrants

Alicia A. Caldwell, Associated Press; Jim Kuhnenn, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Obama administration will stop deporting and begin granting work permits to younger illegal immigrants who came to the U.S. as children and have since led law-abiding lives...
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Big gaps in Affordable Care Act for blacks linger

Kimberly N. Alleyne
theGRIO REPORT - While the Affordable Care Act will allow 3.8 million previously uninsured African-Americans to have health insurance by 2016, blacks still lack coverage in larger numbers than other racial and ethnic groups...
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Lawsuit: Bias against 'fat, black or ugly' at Panera franchise

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A Panera Bread franchisee had a policy of keeping "fat, black or ugly" people off of the cash registers and out of management positions...
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High school sets bathroom visit limit for students

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EVERGREEN PARK, Ill. (AP) - Students at a suburban Chicago high school will have to hold it or risk staying after school...
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