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Every person deserves to be counted and given equal protection, not just some of us.

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What is it to be Black and a woman in this country that values neither?

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When footage surfaced of a Columbia, SC high school student being flipped in her desk and then dragged across the floor by a school resource…

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In 2015 alone, there have been 45 school shootings. That doesn't account for other types of gun violence that kill people every day

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When Bree Newsome removed the Confederate flag from a flagpole in South Carolina, it was the duty of an activist who was tired of the rhetoric…

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There’s an old adage: “take two steps forward, one step back.” At times in the Black community, it seems like we take one step forward…

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John Lennon and Yoko Ono had a song titled, “Woman is the N*gger of the World” in 1972. The duo expressed they were using the…

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Much was made about the Oscars last Sunday. The hash tag #OscarsSoWhite reflected the absence of color among some of the biggest categories of the…

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  Two years ago, I had the opportunity to meet with Congressman John Lewis in his Capitol Hill office. I listened intently as he recounted…

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Monday on “NewsOne Now,” Janaye Ingram, Malik Husser and Michael Fletcher joined Roland Martin to discuss possible solutions to end gun violence in our communities. Be sure…

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  50 years ago volunteers risked their lives to help blacks fight for voting rights in Mississippi. On Monday, Rep G.K. Butterfield, Janaye Ingram of the National…

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The environmental issues that we deal with aren’t always discussed as we have conversations about justice, but this Earth Day, we need to pay attention…