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Mar 03 2015
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Justice Dept.: U.S. report finds racial bias in Ferguson police
The Justice Department will conclude that there is a “pattern of police bias and excessive force” at the Ferguson, Missouri, police department, but is unlikely to directly charge former Officer Darren Wilson in the death of teenager Michael Brown, several news outlets reported Tuesday.
The full report is expected to be released this week, possibly as soon as Wednesday. The department
Washington TimesAug 05 2020
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Comedians Debate What Is Acceptable Humor
For over 50 years stand-up comedians have played an important part in the examination of popular culture and society. Several generations of comedians have served as critics and observers of American life. Many comedy acts have also courted controversy.
Right now, people inside and outside the world of comedy are debating what, if anything, is too controversial for comedic use. In other
Voice of America (VOA)Sep 09 2020
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How a pandemic exposed – and may help fix – inequalities in education
In the early 2010s, Jon Valant, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution’s Brown Center on Education Policy, began researching Americans’ perception of the “achievement gap,” mainstream lingo for the difference in educational outcomes between historically advantaged and disadvantaged students.
What he found surprised him.
As a scholar of education, he thought it was clear
Christian Science MonitorJan 16 2017
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How The Systemic Segregation Of Schools Is Maintained By 'Individual Choices'
Sixty-three years after the Supreme Court's ruling in Brown v. Board of Education, many schools across the country either remain segregated or have re-segregated.
NPR (Online News)Oct 16 2021
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J&J vaccine recipients should get their second dose as soon as it's available, experts say
As the greenlight looms for another dose of Johnson & Johnson's Covid-19 vaccine, experts on Friday urged those who received it to get a booster shot as soon as it's available because it will provide them with the best protection against the coronavirus.
"J&J is a very good vaccine. I also believe it's probably a two-shot vaccine," said Dr. Ashish Jha, dean of the Brown
CNN DigitalMar 01 2021
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Killings by Police Declined after Black Lives Matter Protests
Since Black Lives Matter protests gained national prominence following the 2014 police killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., the movement has spread to hundreds of cities and towns across the U.S. Now a new study shows police homicides have significantly decreased in most cities where such protests occurred. Black Lives Matter (BLM) began when Oakland, Calif.–based activist Alicia Garza
Scientific AmericanJul 13 2020
Opinion
A new generation of protest holds great promise for America
The inspiring rise of a new generation protesting against racial injustice is driving a new era of change in America, like the generation that emerged 60 years ago to build the civil rights movement of that time.
July 16, 1960 is marked in my memory: that is the day I joined seven other friends to walk into the whites-only Greenville Library, and to be arrested for violating the
Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr.Jan 16 2020
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Arrest warrant issued for Odell Beckham Jr. for slapping police officer's butt
The New Orleans Police Department issued an arrest warrant Thursday for wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr., accusing the Cleveland Browns star of simple battery after a video showed him apparently slapping a male officer’s behind at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome this week.
On Monday, Beckham attended LSU’s win in the BCS championship game over Clemson. The 27-year-old, an LSU alum, was
Washington TimesSep 09 2020
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Hundreds of thousands of acres are burning in Oregon, California and Washington, and weather conditions are no help
About 40 large fires are ravaging the three contiguous West Coast states, and Oregon's governor says some situations have been dire enough to make even firefighters retreat.
Hundreds of thousands of acres are burning and thousands of people have been evacuated in parts of California, Oregon and Washington after extreme heat and high winds combined to let fires tear through territories
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