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Chanelle Chandler
Chanelle Chandler, a Willingboro, N.J. native, is a producer and writer for Yahoo News. Before joining the team in 2018, she served as a writer and producer for Fox News Edge and as a producer and on-air talent for Rap Entertainment Television. Chanelle eventually chased the sun, relocating to Los Angeles in 2014. When she is not telling stories, she and her husband love to read them to their two daughters.
Yahoo NewsAfter Supreme Court abortion ruling, Generation Z gears up for life post-Roe
The Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe v. Wade last Friday upended decades of federal abortion protections, returning the legality of the procedure back to the states. For Generation Z, the decision has forced many to reimagine life without what was previously deemed a constitutional right.
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California offers ‘blueprint’ for states affected by Supreme Court gun ruling
After the Supreme Court ruling that struck down a century-old New York gun law, California, which has some of the most stringent gun laws in place, has vowed to pursue multiple avenues to keep its residents safe, and hopes other states with similar laws follow suit.
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How to talk to kids about school shootings
Jill Emanuele, vice president of Clinical Training at the Child Mind Institute, gives advice on how to help children deal with the trauma and anxiety surrounding school shootings.
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Buffalo shooting affects residents at heart of community hub, 'segregated by design'
As community members plan funerals for the victims of the mass shooting in Buffalo, they are also grieving another blow: the fallout from the closure of a store, even if temporary, that became a community hub for an area that city leaders have said is “segregated by design.”
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Hundreds of abortion rights protests planned for this weekend
This Saturday, hundreds of thousands of advocates for reproductive rights are expected to take to the streets in dozens of U.S. cities to protest the Supreme Court’s draft opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade, the 1973 ruling that legalized abortion nationwide.
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Rep. Barbara Lee: Decision to have an abortion as a teen was 'no one else's business'
Choosing to have an abortion in a back alley in Mexico as a teenager was a “personal and private” decision for California Rep. Barbara Lee, she told Yahoo News. In the years before Roe v. Wade, it was her best option.
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Probe into Minneapolis police reveals years of 'race discrimination,' seeks consent decree
The Minnesota Department of Human Rights' investigation found that the city of Minneapolis and Minneapolis Police Department had engaged “in a pattern or practice of race discrimination” over the past 10 years.
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Black women would be among those hit hardest if Roe v. Wade is overturned
A decision by the Supreme Court to strike down the landmark decision would disproportionately affect historically oppressed communities, specifically Black women, who receive abortions at a higher rate than their white counterparts.
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Black women rally for Jackson's historic nomination
Seas of bright signs emblazoned with “Confirm KBJ” and “My Justice, she’s Black” have been erected as symbols of hope by Black women around the U.S. Capitol and in front of the Supreme Court this week as Senate confirmation hearings take place for Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson.
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Black Americans see huge jump in drug overdose deaths — study calls it racial justice issue
According to a recent study, published in the journal JAMA Psychiatry, Black Americans saw the sharpest increase in drug mortality rates of any demographic group in 2020, outpacing the rate among white Americans, for the first time since 1999.
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African students fleeing Ukraine report racial discrimination at borders
At least 1 million refugees have fled Ukraine over the past week, seeking safety in neighboring European countries from Russian President Vladimir Putin’s military forces. Some African students have reported encountering ugly instances of racism as they try to escape the country.
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Black legal professionals hail Biden's historic Supreme Court promise
On Jan. 27, President Biden made history by announcing that he would nominate a Black woman to the Supreme Court by the end of February. Biden’s vow reaffirmed a campaign pledge and is being hailed by Black legal professionals.
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74-year-old Black woman exonerated after serving 27 years in prison
After serving 27 years in prison for crimes she did not commit, 74-year-old Joyce Watkins Nashville, Tenn., was exonerated this month, her convictions in the murder and sexual assault of her 4-year-old grandniece overturned.
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Mother of missing Houston man searches for answers in mysterious disappearance
It has been over a month of “unimaginable” anguish for Tiffany Robinson, the mother of 26-year-old Taylour Young, who went missing on Dec. 9 in Houston, Texas.
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Virginia HBCU Hampton University is a vaccinated island in a sea of COVID
As it marks its return to in-person classes, Hampton University, a prominent historically Black college in Virginia known colloquially as “Home by the Sea,” is setting an example of how to navigate the coronavirus pandemic.
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With record donations, high-profile hires and famous alumni, HBCUs are on a roll
At a time when the nation has been grappling with its own history and how to teach students about it in the classroom, it’s no surprise that historically Black colleges and universities have become a big part of the conversation.
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Howard University lands Nikole Hannah-Jones and Ta-Nehisi Coates on the same day
On Tuesday, Howard University made two high-profile hires, welcoming journalists Ta-Nehisi Coates and Nikole Hannah-Jones to its faculty.
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American celebrations of Juneteenth continue to multiply 158 years following the abolition of slavery
Juneteenth is the recognition and celebration of Black liberation in the U.S. The reclamation of the day, for many Black Americans, makes note of both the horrors and triumphs that their ancestors endured in the U.S. over four centuries.
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HBCUs receive windfall from American Rescue Plan
Thanks to a provision in President Biden’s American Rescue Plan, historically Black colleges and universities, predominantly Black institutions and other minority-serving institutions will receive a record $3 billion in relief funding.
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'The talk' about surviving encounters with police is a fact of life in America, Black parents say
For the parents of Black kids, it is simply known as “the talk,” the emotionally wrenching conversation they feel they must now have with their children based on the fact that encounters with police can turn deadly on a moment’s notice.