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Students lose out as cities and states give billions in property tax breaks to businesses − draining school budgets and especially hurting the poorest students

by Christine Wen, Texas A&M University; Danielle McLean, The Conversation; Kevin Welner, University of Colorado Boulder, and Nathan Jensen, The University of Texas at...

Killing of Black teenager, Quawan “Bobby” Charles, was ‘Emmett Till-like lynching’ says local residents

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Who is Quawan “Bobby” Charles, and why are some comparing his death to Emmett Till? The 15-year-old’s...

Baton Rouge shooter Gavin Long’s manifesto before killing 3 cops

Many people, pundits and investigators alike, are trying to enter the mind of the man who is identified as the shooter of three police officers…

Mayor Kasim Reed considers curfew in Atlanta

After enduring weeklong protests and marches that forced city and state police officers to work overtime during that entire period, Mayor Kasim Reed has announced…

Protests erupt in cities after Alton Sterling shot dead while on the ground

PHILADELPHIA — As protests erupt in cities across the country, the U.S. Department of Justice has opened up an investigation after an unarmed black man,…

Legendary soul singer Percy Sledge, who sang ‘When A Man Loves a Woman,’ dies

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Percy Sledge, who soared from part-time singer and hospital orderly to lasting fame with his aching, forlorn performance on the...

51 beauty queens vie for Miss USA crown

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Beauty queens from every U.S. state and the District of Columbia are vying for the crown this weekend, each...

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