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The creator of this social media app wants prisoners to stay connected to their families
An eight-year sentence ended Marcus Bullock’s hoop dreams. Daily letters from his mother helped him survive.
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Meek Mill’s new No. 1 ‘Championships’ is a triumph inspired by pain
Meek is in rare territory: He’s the hero in a cautionary tale who gets to tell his own story — and benefit from it
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Black death is haunting the theaters of New York this season
On and off Broadway, actors and audiences confront racist killings and the way they chip away at even the hardiest of souls
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Cherica Adams and Rae Carruth and two ghoulish North Carolina nights
Ask, if you could, the murdered Adams and Shaniya Davis: ‘The measure of any society is how it treats its women and girls’
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In Connecticut, an organizer takes heart from NFL protests
ACLU’s Smart Justice campaign pushed for ‘racial impact statements’ on proposed laws
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For Death Row’s Suge Knight — violent bully, music executive — it seems the ride is over
Knight had Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg and Tupac, and now he will serve up to 28 years in prison for manslaughter