Happy Birthday Tribute to Barbara Jordan, a champion of civil rights
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Five of Americaâs largest media companies announced a new collaboration in support of Letâs Move!
One particular shop, Formula Salon, in Richmond, VA recently hosted an event called The Big Chop Party. During the event women came in to the shop to have their permed and chemically treated hair cut off so that they can start over and grow their hair naturally
180 Days: A Year Inside An Amercan High School is an intimate portrait of life for the first graduating class of Washington Metropolitan High School (DC Met), a public school in Washington, D.C, where only seven percent of students are deemed âproficientâ in math and only 19 percent in reading.
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What a difference! When I visited Valley Forge many years and many park units later and found that my Black ancestors were part of General Washingtonâs army that played such a definitive role in winning the Revolutionary War, I couldnât believe I had never learned that in any history class or seen it in the media anywhere.
Board of Health has passed a new resolution on Feb. 15, 2013 calling for the federal government and the state of Pennsylvania to fund all abortions for poor women. Havenât they harmed enough women already? Now they want to go back for more killing
President Obama sent a clear signal in his State of the Union speech that he will continue to advocate on behalf of both the middle class and the poor.
Moving project residents into new neighborhoods created tensions with established residents and that sometimes led to violence. In fact, some say public housing policy is one of the causes of violence in some poor Chicago neighborhoods
she waited in line for three hours before being told to come back later. She finally cast her vote later that evening when she returned