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community activist Samuel Alford scratches paint off mural by La Risa Lynch, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

George Floyd mural on Holton and North is defaced twice in one week Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022

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Ashley Woodson, center, at Douglass High School in 2018 by ABIGAIL YOUNG/MISSOURIAN

At least nine Black faculty have left MU in 2022, provost reports Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022

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Astros' Dusty Baker says the 2022 World Series having zero U.S.-born Black players 'looks bad' for baseball Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022

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Nadiya Hussain Says She Was Afraid to Speak Up Over Her Skin Being Lightened in Photo Shoots Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022

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Your vote matters – whichever language you’re voting in. Mark Felix/AFP/AFP via Getty Images

There’s no one ‘Latino vote’ – religion and geography add to voters’ diversity Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022

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Chemical hair straighteners are making a comeback among Black women, just as a new study links relaxers to uterine cancer Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022

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Public School Students With Teachers Educated at HBCUs Do Better at Mathematics Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022

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Why It’s Important To Say George Floyd Was Murdered Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022

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US Supreme Court Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson and Chief Justice John Roberts walk down the steps of the Supreme Court by Anna Moneymaker at Getty Images

What the Constitution actually says about race, explained Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022

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Where $30 Billion to Fix Systemic Racism Actually Goes Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022

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