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Black transgender woman’s death leads to first-of-its-kind federal hate crimes trial

By James Pollard The Associated Press/Report for America COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A Black transgender woman and the guy she was secretly dating had just been pulled over in rural South Carolina. Dime Doe, the driver, was worried. She already had points against her license and didn’t want another ticket to stop her from getting behind […]

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Op-ed: WORLD’S ANTI-RACISM DAY 2021: The color line is also the problem of the 21st Century

By Dr. Zekeh S. Gbotokuma For many people in the United States and some other countries where the year is divided into four seasons –winter, spring, summer, and fall – March 21 is the first day of spring. But did you know that March 21 is also the United Nations-designated Anti-Racism Day, or THE INTERNATIONAL […]

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