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Henrietta Lacks was a poor black tobacco farmer who died in 1951 of cervical cancer.

An Update on 'The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks'

Henrietta Lacks was a poor black tobacco farmer who died in 1951 of cervical cancer.

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In LA County right now, COVID-19 is killing one person every eight minutes .

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Facebook has banned President Trump, at least until his term is over. Twitter issued a 12-hour suspension of his account on Wednesday.

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In a political media landscape dominated by white men, “Our Body Politic” will be a source of news by and for Black women and women of color.

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Lawmakers from Southern California took to Twitter and to the phone lines to let their constituents know they were okay and to condemn Wednesday’s violent insurrection at the U.S.

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Josh Barro and Ken White talk about the legal ramifications for the people who mobbed the U.S. Capitol building, and for President Trump.

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The peaceful transition of power for the first time in US history appeared to hang in the balance this week.

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