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The power of the Black Press

Whenever there is a steady series of public questions being raised about the “power” of Black Americans ...

The Privileged Perch

Ta-Nehisi Coates, the Atlantic writer, inadvertently triggered controversy among his fellow pundits and their audiences ...

Meechie – Bank Statement

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Veteran journalist and NABJ co-founder Stone dies

Longtime journalist and educator Charles Sumner "Chuck" Stone Jr, one of the founders of the National Association of Black Journalists, has died. ...

Pressure mounts for higher federal minimum wage

Labor organizers and their allies are stepping up pressure on Congress to pass legislation raising the minimum wage ...

Columbus police to review 3,000 DNA test results

Columbus police are reviewing about 3,000 DNA test results, the department announced last Wednesday ...

32,000 Ohioans owed tax refunds from 2010

About 32,100 Ohioans have until April 15 to claim an estimated $24.5 million in income tax refunds ...

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Veteran journalist and NABJ co-founder Stone dies

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Columbus police to review 3,000 DNA test results

Columbus police are reviewing about 3,000 DNA test results, the department annou more ...

April 03, 2014

32,000 Ohioans owed tax refunds from 2010
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April 03, 2014

2014 Toyota Tundra 4×4
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Sports

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April 03, 2014

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Local mumps outbreak now community-wide

Columbus Public Health continues to investigate a growing number of mumps cases more ...

March 27, 2014

Holder: Heroin an urgent ‘public health crisis’
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Education

Black preschoolers’ suspensions triple that of whites

Black preschoolers – some as young as 4 years-old – are taught a disgusting less more ...

April 03, 2014

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