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How the Red Cross Raised Half a Billion Dollars for Haiti and Built Six Homes
By Justin Elliot, Propublica, and Laura Sullivan, NPR THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF CAMPECHE sprawls up a steep hillside in Haiti’s capital city, Port-au-Prince. Goats rustle in trash that goes forever uncollected. Children kick a deflated volleyball in a dusty lot below … Continue reading
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Tagged American Red Cross, Campeche, charity, disaster relief, earthquake recovery, Haiti, money
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Local Homeowners Defend Texas Cops Who Brutalized Black Teens At Pool Party
By Judd Legum The police’s brutal treatment of black teens attending a pool party in McKinney, Texas has sparked a nationwide outrage. The video shows officer Eric Casebolt grabbing 15-year-old Dajerria Becton, unarmed and wearing a bikini, by the hair … Continue reading
Ezell Ford shooting: Mayor says commission’s review will be ‘impartial’
By Kate Mather A day before the Police Commission is scheduled to decide whether two LAPD officers acted within policy in the fatal shooting of Ezell Ford, Mayor Eric Garcetti said he was confident that commissioners would “conduct an impartial … Continue reading
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Tagged Black Lives Matter, Eric Garcetti, Ezell Ford, LAPD, Los Angeles, police abuse
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Former North Charleston, S.C., Police Officer Indicted On Murder Charges
By Eyder Peralta A former North Charleston, S.C., police officer was indicted on murder charges in the killing of 50-year-old Walter Scott. According to Ninth Circuit Solicitor Scarlett Wilson, the indictment against Michael Slager was handed down by a grand … Continue reading
Ex-Rikers inmate who was beaten in jail commits suicide
By Bill Hutchinson A Bronx man who spent three years as a teen in Rikers Island enduring beatings by guards and inmates and long stints in solitary confinement without ever being convicted has committed suicide. Kalief Browder, 21, used an … Continue reading
McKinney, Texas, and the Racial History of American Swimming Pools
By Yoni Appelbaum On Friday, a large group of teens gathered for a pool party in the city of McKinney, Texas. Shortly thereafter, someone called the police. And by Sunday night, as footage of the police response spread across the … Continue reading
It’s dismally apparent that some black lives matter more than others
By Emma Dabiri Following the killings of unarmed men and boys such as Trayvon Martin, Tamir Rice, Eric Garner and Walter Scott, the United States is entering what’s being called a new civil rights movement, with activists ensuring that the … Continue reading
Cleveland Verdict: Where the Threat of Blackness Prevails
By Charles F. Coleman Jr. 137 rounds. 49 shots from one gun. 2 unarmed black victims dead. Not guilty. Perhaps the most chilling element of the verdict in the case of Cleveland police officer Michael Brelo, charged with the voluntary … Continue reading
WATCH: Black Activist Politely Schools CNN on Racism—’Whiteness Gets Nuance; Blackness Doesn’t’
By David Edwards Social activist Deray McKesson criticized the media over the weekend for the way they had handled a white biker shootout in Texas with “nuance,” but black rioters in Baltimore who did not kill anyone were not “humanized” … Continue reading
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Tagged Baltimore, broadcasting, Deray McKesson, Ferguson, Freddie Gray, media, Michael Brown, race, racism, social activism, Waco
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