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December 18, 2009
VIDEO - A man who spent 35 years in prison has been freed after DNA evidence exonerated him of raping…
December 4, 2009
Although the unemployment rate for African-Americans dropped to 15.6 percent in November, the unemployment rate for black teens stands at…
December 2, 2009
OPINION - Dozens of people recounted how criminal background checks punish them indefinitely by imposing lifelong barriers to successful employment…
November 13, 2009
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Curtis Lavelle Vance, 29, escaped a death sentence. He faces life in prison without parole…
November 9, 2009
VIDEO - In the United States Supreme Court, arguments about the constitutionality of jailing juveniles for life without parole for…
November 5, 2009
VIDEO - It happened at the jail in Hillsborough County, Florida. The detention deputy was sitting at his desk when…
November 3, 2009
OPINION - The discovery of the bodies of six women at the home of a convicted rapist is further proof…
November 3, 2009
OPINION - Buddhism, with its emphasis on suffering, has clear connections with the spiritualism in African-American culture.
October 12, 2009
VIDEO - This hot dog stand has stirred some controversy in a Chicago neighborhood...
October 5, 2009
MONTGOMERY, Alabama (AP) -- Herman Thomas had an enviable political record as a black Democrat elected and re-elected in a…
September 22, 2009
VIDEO - There are currently more than 5 million American citizens who cannot vote because of a criminal conviction, and…
September 9, 2009
CAIRO (AP) - A woman journalist convicted of public indecency for wearing trousers outdoors was freed Tuesday...
September 4, 2009
VIDEO - People who know him say, he's the best musician that you've never heard of. That's because for the…
August 25, 2009
NEW YORK (AP) - For nearly four hours before she gave birth, Venita Pinckney had a chain wrapped around her…
August 24, 2009
OPINION -- High quality early childhood education programs can increase likelihood of high school graduation and employment; reduce welfare dependence,…
August 20, 2009
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- Plaxico Burress' decision to plead guilty to a weapons charge and accept two years in prison…
August 10, 2009
Texas leads the nation in DNA exonerations. According to The Innocence Project - a legal organization that handles these cases…
August 7, 2009
As the battle lines for health care reform are being drawn - and redrawn...
July 14, 2009
Green jobs are all the rage these days. In February, President Obama signed the $787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment
July 8, 2009
After spending nearly two decades behind bars, two Chicago men finally got a chance to smell freedom today. The Illinois