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One In Four Young Black Men Recall Recent Unfair Police Treatment, Gallup Finds
By Nicole Flatow Almost one in four young black males have experienced recent unfair treatment by the police, according to a newly released Gallup Survey. Among black males between ages 18 and 35, 24 percent said they recalled an instance within the … Continue reading
Inside our racist brains
By Maya Wiley George Zimmerman may not be that different from the rest of us. In fact, research shows that college students and most everyone else are more likely to shoot a Black man holding an object like a wallet, … Continue reading
House of Horrors: Labor Trafficking in Domestic Workers
By Ai-Jen Poo and Tiffany Williams Imagine waking to the sound of a baby crying at 5 a.m., opening your eyes, and looking into the crib from a cot right beside it. Another day begins. Perhaps you are only 23 … Continue reading
Biggby Coffee Terminates Michigan Teen Employee After ‘Horrific’ Trayvon Martin Tweet
By Kate Abbey-Lambertz A teen who tweeted an offensive statement about Trayvon Martin learned the hard way this week that social media can have professional consequences, when a Michigan company took immediate action and terminated her before she had even … Continue reading
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Tagged Biggby Coffee, George Zimmerman, Livonia, Michigan, social media, Trayvon Martin, twitter, unemployment
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Charles Koch on the Poor: Let Them Eat Economic Freedom
By Leslie Savan Quit whining, American poor people and refugees from the middle class. You’re actually part of the 1 percent. That’s the laughably misleading claim in a new ad from right-wing multibillionaire Charles Koch. The $200,000 ad campaign, now … Continue reading
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Tagged Charles G. Koch, Charles Koch, David Koch, Economic freedom, Kansas, Koch Industries, money, United States, welath
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Editorial: Detroit faces hardship, but then hope
By Detroit Free Press Editors The can of consequences Detroit’s been kicking down the road for decades finally came to a landing Thursday in federal bankruptcy court. The filing was inevitable. Faced with a steadily collapsing fiscal structure, the city’s … Continue reading
Detroit files thousands of pages of documents in bankruptcy, lists 100,000 creditors
By Nathan Bomey, Brent Snavely, & Alisa Priddle The city of Detroit filed thousands of documents in its bankruptcy case late Thursday, as Detroit emergency manager Kevyn Orr builds a case that the city is insolvent and must execute a dramatic … Continue reading
Detroit goes bankrupt, largest municipal filing in U.S. history
By Michael A. Fletcher Detroit filed the largest municipal bankruptcy in the nation’s history Thursday afternoon, capping a long decline that left the nation’s automaking capital bleeding residents and revenue, while rendering city services a mess. The nation’s fourth-largest city … Continue reading
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Tagged $19 billion, bankruptcy, debt, Detroit, Michigan, Rick Snyder, United States
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