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Officials scrap plan to close most polling places in predominantly black Georgia county

Civil rights groups and black lawmakers said black voters would be disenfranchised if the voting locations were shuttered. Census figures show the county, about 160 miles south of Atlanta, is more than 61 percent black, double the statewide percentage.
by The Associated Press

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Minneapolis officials pledge action to help residents of homeless encampment

Minneapolis officials pledge action to help residents of homeless encampment

Minneapolis officials said Thursday that the number of people at a homeless encampment on the city's south side has doubled in a week — and the city outlined steps it plans to take to help the camp's residents.
by Nina Moini

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When rising rent makes affordable housing unaffordable

When rising rent makes affordable housing unaffordable

When we talk about affordable housing, we usually talk about whether someone has a place to live. But buried in that discussion is another facet of the housing shortage: whether someone's rent is just a few dollars away from becoming unaffordable.
by Catharine Richert

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Why are black and Latino kids more likely to die of certain cancers?

Why are black and Latino kids more likely to die of certain cancers?

There's a big survival gap between white and minority children when it comes to some childhood cancers. It turns out growing up in poverty explains a lot of the difference.
by Erin Blakemore

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