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News stories in recent week have directed the public’s attention toward the issues of police brutality and domestic violence. It’s perhaps natural then that researchers are…

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CHICAGO (AP) — A professor whose research is helping a California police department improve its strained relationship with the black community and a lawyer who…

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Another day, another study on dating and marriage for black women. The latest wave of research has come from online dating sites, which has analyzed the…

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What you see above is a map of Detroit. The small colorful dots represent people, plotted to show where they live and their race. Whites are…

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Unemployed Blacks More Resilient During Job Search than Whites The so-called recovery of the US economy has not been equally kind to everyone. Even as the unemployment…

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News research from the Wes Coast finds that drivers show a clear racial bias against black pedestrians, failing to yield for them at crosswalks. Seems like…

It’s a potential game changer in the fight against HIV, and doctors say it happened almost by accident. A baby with the virus that causes AIDS was given high doses of three antiretroviral drugs within 30 hours of her birth. Doctors knew the mother was HIV positive and administered the drugs in hopes of controlling […]

Colts cheerleader Megan M. is a woman of her word. She’s also a woman without any hair. The Indy cheerleader had her head shaved by Blue, the Colts’ mascot, during the team’s 20-13 win over the visiting Buffalo Bills. Megan is just the latest member of the Colts’ organization to go bald to show support […]

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