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How to end the tyranny of the Electoral College
By Rob Richie and Claire Daviss Since 1991, Nebraska has awarded its electoral votes to presidential candidates by congressional district, one of only two states that do not award all electoral votes to the statewide popular-vote winner. That may change, … Continue reading
Wisconsin police shooting: young witnesses denied access to lawyers, friends say
By Zoe Sullivan Two young men were denied access to lawyers when they were taken in for questioning by police as witnesses to the police killing of Tony “Terrell” Robinson on Friday evening, according to friends and community activists. Javier … Continue reading
Ferguson Activists Are Struggling with Mental Trauma Long After Police Abuse During the Protests
By Terrell Jermaine Starr Johnetta Elzie rose to national prominence as a leading protester in Ferguson last summer. Her activism protesting the police shooting death of Michael Brown has been highlighted in national publications like the Los Angeles Times and … Continue reading
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Tagged activism, Ferguson, health, Johnetta Elzie, Michael Brown shooting, PTSD, social activism
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Madison police response to shooting contrasts with Ferguson
By Todd Richmond Within hours of a white officer shooting an unarmed black man, the police chief of Wisconsin’s capital city was praying with the man’s grandmother, hoping to strike a conciliatory tone and avoid the riots that last year … Continue reading
Wisconsin protest planned after Madison police shooting
By Brendan O’Brien A mass demonstration is planned on Wednesday at the Wisconsin corrections department in Madison in response to the fatal police shooting last week of an unarmed biracial teenager. The shooting of Tony Robinson, 19, by a white … Continue reading
Obama’s Police Reforms Ignore the Most Important Cause of Police Misconduct
By Alex S. Vitale President Obama’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing has released a long list of reforms to American policing, some of which, including independent police prosecutions and dramatically scaling back the role of police in schools, are … Continue reading
Ferguson City Manager Cited in Justice Department Report Resigns
By John Eligon The city manager of Ferguson, whom a Department of Justice report blamed as one of the officials responsible for much of the questionable conduct by the police and the courts here, has agreed to resign. The announcement … Continue reading
‘We Are the World’ at 30: Stars Will Never Be That Earnest Again
By Megan Garber In the late-night hours of January 28, 1985, Quincy Jones ushered some of the world’s most famous pop stars into the A&M Studios in Los Angeles. Among them were Michael Jackson, Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, Billy Joel, … Continue reading
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Tagged Aretha Franklin, Billy Joel, Bruce Springsteen, Cyndi Lauper, Diana Ross, Harry Belafonte, Kenny Rogers, Lionel Richie, Michael Jackson, music, philanthropy, Quincy Jones, Ray Charles, Smokey Robinson, USA for Africa, We Are the World, Willie Nelson
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Justice Speaks
By Editorial Board of The Washington Post THE JUSTICE Department said two things about Ferguson, Mo., last week, both of which should make Americans uncomfortable. First, federal officials announced that they did not have evidence showing that police officer Darren … Continue reading
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