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Details: Written by Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent; Published: 08 September 2014

Blacks have the farthest to go to get back to pre-recession levels, according to Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

Details: Written by Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent; Published: 08 September 2014

In an effort to combat police brutality in the Black community, the National Bar Association plans to file open records requests in 25 cities to study allegations of police misconduct

Details: Written by Joseph Pisani, Associated Press; Published: 04 September 2014

Labor organizers in 150 cities held "Fight for $15" protests

Details: Written by Lucas L. Johnson II, Associated Press and The Skanner Staff; Published: 04 September 2014

About 24 teens broke into the facility yard and roamed around for four hours. Some assaulted staffers

Details: Written by Alan Scher Zagier, Associated Press; Published: 03 September 2014

Missouri law keeps juvenile records confidential. County attorney says Brown had no record of a serious felony

Details: Written by Ed White, Associated Press; Published: 03 September 2014

Wafer: "I will carry that guilt and sorrow forever"

Details: Written by Jonathan Drew The Associated Press; Published: 02 September 2014

DNA evidence shows that Leon Brown and Henry McCollum were innocent

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Details: Written by By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent; Published: 02 September 2014

Emergency preparedness efforts sometimes reflect the marginalization of low-income and communities of color, and Black communities tend to be among the most vulnerable and least prepared

Details: Written by By Frederick H. Lowe Special to the NNPA News Staff from The NorthStar News & Analysis; Published: 02 September 2014

US government officials believe more than 100 Americans have joined ISIS as did Minneapolis resident Douglas McAuthur McCain

Details: Written by Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent; Published: 02 September 2014

During a rousing, standing-room only town hall discussion dedicated to the shooting death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., Ron Daniels declared, 'a state of emergency in Black America'

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