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Black children like Jada Moore, 5, who died from "multiple injuries due to child abuse," face alarmingly higher rates of child maltreatment than other groups. Defunding child welfare isn't the solution.

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How could slaves ever "benefit" from slavery when Black people were already ironworkers, farmers, carpenters, political scientists and more dating back thousands of years in Africa?

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The tactics that Gov. Ron DeSantis is using to censor the teaching of American history in Florida look a lot like those seen in the illiberal democracies of Israel, Turkey, Russia and Poland.

Addressing out the inaccuracies in Florida's "slaves benefited from slavery" narrative, while noble and truthful, is, in many ways, besides the point.

MAGA World loves saying the quiet part out loud.

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In what’s recognized as hip-hop’s 50th anniversary, an unfortunate reality is that several of its pioneering artists aren’t here to celebrate

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Whether it’s from gun violence, heart disease, cancer, self-harm or drugs, the number of rappers whose lives have ended prematurely is alarming.

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Truly, this new level of legislative zeal in rewriting history is astonishing.

In an example of "cancel culture" hypocrisy, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who opposes Black history being taught in schools, is mad Jason Aldean's lynch-happy music video has been dropped.

In this week's Beautiful Wisdoms column by Keyaira Kelly, the former health editor and published poet breaks down her struggle with perfectionism and how God talks about it in the Bible.

LBJ worked closely with MLK to get civil rights legislation passed.

Republicans want the Black vote, but not Black opinions. That's the racist part.