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The child's parents are clear: They won't be satisfied until the Missouri school is shut down for good.

The NAACP warned people of color against traveling to Missouri after the state legislature passed the "Jim Crow Bill."

With all of the drama happening in America following Donald Trump‘s nightmare week as POTUS, even young kids are feeling the wrath. The Daily Mail reports that a sixth grader was suspended for being beaten up on a school bus for wearing a “Make America Great Again” hat. Gavin was both physically and verbally attacked on […]

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Ferguson officials have missed crucial deadlines that were set by the Department of Justice in efforts to reform policing procedures.

Monica Elaine Sykes, 25, vanished in October after leaving her home in Berkeley, Missouri, that she shared with an older sister.

https://www.instagram.com/p/fGzIbCJD4h/?taken-by=tigermandingo&hl=en Former college wrestler Michael Johnson just received a huge break in his court case. According to reports, a Missouri appeals court ordered a new trial on Tuesday for the wrestler who was sentenced to 30 years in prison back in 2013 for infecting a man with HIV and endangering four other sexual partners. The court […]

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According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Illinois has lost more people than any other state during the course of the year.

A group of Missouri high school students, mostly rocking cowboy hats, turned their backs and displayed a Donald Trump sign as the starting roster for a mostly Black basketball team was announced.

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The states of North Carolina and Missouri are making it harder for individuals to obtain video recorded by police body cameras and dash cams. North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory and Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon have both signed bills regulating the release of video recordings from police body and dashboard cameras. In North Carolina, the law will allow the people […]

Mayor James Knowles III hopes this change helps the community heal after the 2014 tragic killing of Michael Brown.

It’s Super Tuesday and everyone here in Missouri, Illinois, North Carolina, Ohio, and Florida are taking it to the poll to vote in the primary election for November’s presidential poll. We got a call from Senator Bernie Sanders and listen to what he has to say as in why we should vote for him. Related […]