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George Zimmerman helped rescue family from overturned SUV, cops say
By Jeff Weiner George Zimmerman, the man recently acquitted in the shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, helped rescue a family from an overturned SUV last week, the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office confirmed Monday. According to sheriff’s spokeswoman Heather Smith, … Continue reading
Zimmerman verdict: 86 percent of African Americans disapprove
By Jon Cohen African Americans have a mostly shared and sharply negative reaction to the shooting of Trayvon Martin and the not-guilty verdict in the resulting trial, while whites are far more divided, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll. … Continue reading
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Man Posts Drake Lyrics & “Kill All Whites” On Facebook, Gets Arrested For “Terroristic Threat”
By John Del Signore A Far Rockaway man was arrested last week for making a Facebook status update with the hashtag “killallwhites,” which a nervous NYPD interpreted as “making a terroristic threat,” a felony. In the aftermath of the George Zimmerman verdict, … Continue reading
Sanford police deliver George Zimmerman evidence to FBI office in Orlando
By Arelis R. Hernandez Sanford police confirmed that within the last hour they had delivered boxes of evidence from their investigation into George Zimmerman to the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Orlando office. Capt. Jim McAuliffe said the delivery — which … Continue reading
Black Health Rx: Finding A Cure For America’s Health Disparities
By Jessica Cumberbatch Anderson For her 40th birthday in October 2011, Khadijah Tribble had one wish: to jump out of an airplane. “I had been planning the event for four months,” Tribble recalled. The jump never happened. But it wasn’t because … Continue reading
In Climbing Income Ladder, Location Matters
By David Leonhardt Stacey Calvin spends almost as much time commuting to her job — on a bus, two trains and another bus — as she does working part-time at a day care center. She knows exactly where to board … Continue reading
8 Stark Realities of America’s Dysfunctional New Economy
By Steven Rosenfeld There’s a new normal in the American economy for vast slices of society and it’s discouragingly tough, despite all the cheerleading from the White House and economists that the country is in a slow but steady recovery. … Continue reading
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The Privilege of Whiteness
By Paul Waldman As a biracial child who spent part of his youth abroad, Barack Obama learned the feeling of otherness and became attuned to how he was perceived by those around him. As a politician, he knew well that many … Continue reading →