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JENA, La. — No media throng or thousands of supporters greeted Mychal Bell on Tuesday as he and his parents walked into the LaSalle Parish courthouse. Details of why Bell was in court were unavailable since his case now is being handled in juvenile court and is not open to public scrutiny.

“I can’t tell you […]

WASHINGTON (CNN) — A weekend incident with racial overtones at a high school for deaf students could result in criminal charges with “enhanced penalties for a hate crime,” Metro Police Chief Cathy Lanier said Wednesday. A black student was held against his will and then released with “KKK” and swastikas drawn on him in marker […]

By Tyrone D. Taborn
You may not have heard of Dr. Mark Dean. And you aren’t alone. But almost everything in your life has been affected by his work. See, Dr. Mark Dean is a Ph.D. from Stanford University. He is in the National Hall of Inventors. He has more than 30 patents pending. He is […]

KAMPALA (AFP) — African nations that bore the brunt of the continent’s worst floods in three decades face a new epidemic threat and on Friday stepped up appeals for international help.

At least 300 people in 20 countries have died in floods over the past two months, according to figures from governments, hospitals and humanitarian sources […]

In another time, it wouldn’t have been too hard to guess where Frances Harris would have ended up going to college. She has managed to do very well in very difficult circumstances, and she is African-American. Her high school, in the Oak Park neighborhood of Sacramento, was shut down as an irremediable failure the spring […]

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The figure is double what the agency initially said it would give to its unit in charge of distributing funds. New World Bank president Robert Zoellick said the move was designed to encourage rich countries to increase their donations. He also reduced the charges on loans to emerging countries, such as China, for the first […]

This three-part special features a passionate, lively and opinionated debate that tackles many sensitive issues, including: hip-hop’s relationship with criminality and the streets, snitching, police profiling and brutality; the images of Black women in hip-hop; and the embarrassment, pride and confusion Blacks feel over hip-hop’s public airing of the community’s “dirty laundry.”
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JENA, La. (AP) — A black teenager whose prosecution in the beating of a white classmate prompted a massive civil rights protest here walked out of a courthouse Thursday after a judge ordered him freed. Mychal Bell’s release came hours after a prosecutor confirmed he will no longer seek an adult trial for the 17-year-old. […]