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The $653,000 Solution
By The SoulBrother What would do $653,061? Be debt-free? Buy a house? Buy Momma and Daddy a house? No. They are getting their own $653,061 check. Set up a college fund for your children? Take a moment to think of … Continue reading
61 Years After Brown v. Board Of Education, Many Schools Remain Separate And Unequal
By Rebecca Klein Decades after the U.S. Supreme Court’s Brown v. Board of Education ruling declared segregated schooling of black students unconstitutional, many American schools with high minority populations continue to receive fewer resources and provide an education that’s inferior … Continue reading
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Tagged Brown v. Board of Education, children, education, school, Segregation
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Chicago Just Became the First U.S. City to Pay Reparations to Victims of Police Torture
By Araz Hachadourian In 2005 Standish Willis, a lawyer from Chicago, was home with a broken ankle. He was working on the case of a man who claimed that, years ago, he had been tortured by police. On the radio … Continue reading
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Tagged Chicago, Chicago Police Department, Illinois, law, police abuse, race, reparations, torture
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A Look At ‘Blackbird,’ The First Film On The New ‘Black Netflix’
By Neda Ulaby A tiny independent movie has been picked by one of Hollywood’s biggest moguls to promote his latest venture. Robert L. Johnson created BET and now, the Urban Movie Channel — an online channel that’s being called the … Continue reading
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Tagged BET, Blackbird, entertainment, film, movies, Netflix, Robert L. Johnson, technology, Urban Movie Channel
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I secretly lived in my office for 500 days
By Terry K. I was asleep when I heard the door rattle against the frame. My eyes flashed open and I sprung upright in my under-desk sleep space. Was it all over? Had someone come to work early? I peered … Continue reading
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Tagged economy, employment, job, life, Los Angeles, money, recession, work
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On Being Useful: Bearing Witness in a Time of Protest
By Candace Lloh For the past few days, I have been studying lead poisoning. Like many others out there in the interweb world, my knowledge on a lot of things only stretches as far as my social media feeds, the … Continue reading
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Tagged #OneBaltimore, Freddie Gray, health, lead paint, protests, race
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This Tiny Town Near St. Louis Is Making Minor-Crime Arrests At 100 Times The National Average
By Ryan J. Reilly & Mariah Stewart A study of policing in the St. Louis area released Monday, which criticized the profit-driven practices of many departments in St. Louis County, revealed a startling statistic about arrests for minor crimes made … Continue reading
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Tagged Beverly Hills, city budget, economy, Ferguson, income, money, Municipal Court, St. Louis County, tickets
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The Thin White Line: Most Cops Don’t Look Like the Residents They Serve
By Bryan Schatz and AJ Vicens In Baltimore, white people make up 28 percent of the population but 50 percent of the city’s police officers. In Philadelphia, where police and protesters clashed last Thursday during a #FreddieGray rally, whites are … Continue reading
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Tagged American cities, Baltimore, demographics, police, police force, police reform
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Baltimore’s secret history of death: Racism, corporate greed & the most infamous mass-poisoning in American history
By Adam Gaffney http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/police-helicopter-flies-over-homes-as-people-participate-in-news-photo/472012174 Few now doubt the lethality of inequality. Unequal treatment under the law has resulted in case after case of Black lives lost, whether by gunshot, suffocation, or severed spine. And yet, as tragic as these individual … Continue reading
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Tagged Baltimore, business, corporate greed, health, income inequality, inner-city, lead poisoning, poverty, race, racism, unemployment
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