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Details: Written by By Jazelle Hunt, NNPA Washington Correspondent; Published: 16 February 2015

THIRD IN A SERIES: ‘The Word says faith without works is dead. There has to be fruit, there has to be action, there has to be community…there has to be active justice’

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Details: Written by By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent; Published: 12 February 2015

Researchers say prosecutors have increasingly taken a harder look at flawed cases, which contributed to a jump in prisoners freed after wrongful convictions

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Details: Written by AP; Published: 11 February 2015

Three young white men who beat, ran over and killed a car plant worker in Mississippi's capital city were sentenced to federal prison following a hate crimes investigation

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Details: Written by Michael Biesecker, Associated Press; Published: 11 February 2015

A long-running parking dispute between neighbors motivated a man to kill a woman, her newlywed husband and her sister at a quiet condominium complex near the University of North Carolina

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Details: Written by By Jazelle Hunt, NNPA Washington Correspondent; Published: 09 February 2015

SECOND IN A SERIES: ‘My mom was awesome, she never talked down to me…. But I felt like…I owed it to her to be perfect so she doesn’t feel like keeping me was a mistake’

Details: Written by By Jazelle Hunt, NNPA Washington Correspondent; Published: 05 February 2015

This series by NNPA Washington Correspondent Jazelle Hunt examines rape in the Black community and the long path toward healing

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Details: Written by By Freddie Allen, NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent; Published: 02 February 2015

Blacks live disproportionately in states that experienced the greatest income inequality

Details: Written by Howard Fendrich, AP Pro Football Writer; Published: 02 February 2015

A Super Bowl that got off to a slow start wound up with a 'Whoa!' finish, a lot like the New England Patriots' entire season

Details: Written by Arashi Young of The Skanner News; Published: 31 January 2015

American poet, novelist and playwright Langston Hughes has been commemorated in a Google Doodle

Details: Written by Kimberly Hefling, AP Education Writer; Published: 26 January 2015

Overdue updates in the works to Bush's 'No Child Left Behind' education law

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