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Inside a 1760 schoolhouse for Black children is a complicated history of slavery and resilience

ustowner-011 2024-11-01 05:11

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — A Virginia museum has nearly finished restoring the nation’s oldest surviving schoolhouse for Black children, where hundreds[……] ....

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A biased test kept thousands of Black people from getting a kidney transplant. It’s finally changing

ustowner-011 2024-04-02 03:41

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Jazmin Evans had been waiting for a new kidney for four years when her hospital revealed shocking news: She should have been put o[……] ....

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Black man wrongfully jailed for 16 years killed by police during traffic stop

ustowner-011 2023-10-19 03:17

A Black man who spent more than 16 years in prison on a wrongful conviction was fatally shot Monday by a sheriff’s deputy during a traffic s[……] ....

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Tesla sued by US agency over alleged harassment of Black factory workers

ustowner-011 2023-09-30 04:37

Sept 28 (Reuters) – A U.S. civil rights agency sued Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) on Thursday, claiming the electric carmaker has tolerated severe hara[……] ....

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LA County sheriff investigating after bodycam video shows deputy throwing Black woman to the ground

ustowner-013 2023-07-07 04:04

Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna spoke out on Wednesday afternoon about his department’s internal affairs investigation into a June 24 incident[……] ....

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Post-pandemic surge in evictions spotlights unequal housing crisis

ustowner-013 2023-07-06 05:38

Editor’s note: This story has been updated to reflect that the 2018 data on eviction rates in Washington, D.C. comes from Eviction Lab’s National[……] ....

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