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Young Black Boys Committing Suicide at Rates Higher Than Ever
By Kali Holloway Researchers have found that between 1993 and 2012, the suicide rate for very young black children, between the ages of 5 and 11, nearly doubled. The increase was driven almost entirely by the suicides of young black … Continue reading
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Tagged african american, Black Boys, Black Children, children, health, Mental health, race, suicide
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Why Do America’s Race Riots Mirror Each Other?
By Frank Rich As some 37,000 fans streamed into Camden Yards for the Orioles–Red Sox game on the last Saturday evening in April, things were getting out of hand in Baltimore. The peaceful protests of the day were spiraling … Continue reading
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Tagged Baltimore, discrimination, Ferguson, Los Angeles, New York, race, racism, uprising
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Baltimore officer made Taser threat to witness who filmed Freddie Gray stop
By Oliver Laughland The Baltimore police lieutenant charged with manslaughter over the death of Freddie Gray threatened to use his Taser on an eyewitness who filmed part of the crucial first stop made by a police van carrying the … Continue reading
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Tagged Baltimore, Brian Rice, Freddie Gray, justice, law, police abuse, race
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How the Civil War Never Ended for Black America
By Sarah Anderson Hundreds of African-American men marched to the White House this past Sunday. They were not wearing hoodies in honor of Trayvon Martin. They were not making the “hands up don’t shoot” gesture in honor of Michael Brown. … Continue reading
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Tagged african american, black, Confederacy, Jim Crow, race, racism, reconstruction, Trayvon Martin, United States
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Can Racism Be Stopped in the Third Grade?
By Lisa Miller The form arrived in an email attachment on the Friday after winter break.“What is your race?”it asked. And then, beneath that, a Census-style list: “African-American/Black,” “Asian/Pacific Islander,” “Latina/o,” “Multi-racial,” “White,” and “Not sure.” The email, signed by … Continue reading
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Tagged children, education, Fieldston Lower School, New York City, race, racism, The Bronx
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White America’s Waco insanity: The shocking realities it ignores about racism & violence
By Brittney Cooper Malcolm X, the famed Civil Rights leader and minister of the Nation of Islam, would have turned 90 years old this week. While America annually marks the significance of the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., it … Continue reading
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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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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