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The NAACP voted for a moratorium on charter school expansion. But scores of Black parents, many of them longtime members of the organization, oppose the moratorium.

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Despite the Obama administration’s mission to alleviate the health insurance market through the Affordable Care Act, also known as “Obamacare,” healthcare rates may rise up to nearly 35 percent in some parts of the U.S. for 2017.

President Obama offered a game plan for Donald Trump and his surrogates on Tuesday afternoon.

President Obama set out early in his presidency to reform education. He points to major achievements as his term in office comes to an end.

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A local North Carolina GOP office was firebombed and destroyed on Sunday.

A seven-year-old black girl at a Donald Trump rally in Green Bay, Wisconsin, actively spurned a kiss from the Republican presidential candidate.

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Obama plans on implementing regulations that would lower the amount of child support that prisoners pay when they’re behind bars, hopefully reducing a major driver of mass incarceration.

President Obama announces a record high school graduation rate increase. The administration points to several of its programs that have enabled the improvement.

At least four women have come forward to accuse Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump of sexual assault, despite claims he made during the second presidential debate on Sunday.

Ken Bone, who attained semi-celebrity status after the second debate, claimed on an “Ask Me Anything” Reddit thread that Trayvon Martin’s shooting death “was justified."

FLOTUS declined to name Donald Trump as she condemned his offensive language towards women and allegations of sexual assault.

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While campaigning in North Carolina on Tuesday, President Obama addressed Trump's sexist comments: "You don’t have to be a husband or a father to hear what we heard just a few days ago and say that’s not right."