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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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Baltimore Mayor Asks Feds To Investigate Police Department
By Eyder Peralta http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/mayor-stephanie-rawlings-blake-of-baltimore-speaks-at-a-news-photo/471831456 Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake has asked the Justice Department to open up a civil rights investigation into the city’s police department. “Such an investigation is essential if we are to build on the foundation of reform,” … Continue reading
Surveillance planes spotted in the sky for days after West Baltimore rioting
By Craig Timberg As Benjamin Shayne settled into his back yard to listen to the Orioles game on the radio Saturday night, he noticed a small plane looping low and tight over West Baltimore — almost exactly above where rioting … Continue reading
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Tagged Baltimore, Cessna, Drones, surveillance, technology
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Rage, Race and Rebellion: Class Warfare and Frustration in African American Communities
By Stephen Balkaran Evaluating the series of constant protest throughout the country at times violent, but mostly non-violent has left a deep uncertainty on the role rage, race and rebellion that continue to plague many African American communities. These … Continue reading
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Tagged income inequality, inequality, lack of opportunity, police abuse, poverty, race, stress, unemployment
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In Baltimore we need protest in all its forms. Even joyful ones
By Steven W Thrasher http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/people-hold-hands-during-a-rally-lead-by-faith-leaders-in-news-photo/472082216 Spots of joy are necessary and needed in the seemingly endless fight for justice. In Baltimore on Tuesday night, as the city reeled from how the death of Freddie Gray exposed the violence of a … Continue reading
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