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LGBT People of Color More Likely to Face Poverty
By Marisa Taylor LGBT people of color face a high risk of suffering from poverty because of discrimination and lack of strong legal protections, according to a new report released on Thursday. An estimated 3 million American adults identify as … Continue reading
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Tagged discrimination, homelessness, LGBT, LGBT rights, poverty, United States
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As investigation enters fifth month, Tamir Rice’s mother has moved into a homeless shelter
By Wesley Lowery The City of Cleveland has asked the family of Tamir Rice, the 12-year-old boy shot and killed while he played with a toy gun in a Westside park in November, to halt their civil lawsuit until the … Continue reading
Apartheid Games: Baltimore, Urban America, and Camden Yards
By Dave Zirin If you don’t understand Oriole Park at Camden Yards, then you can’t understand why Baltimore exploded this week. If you don’t understand Oriole Park at Camden Yards then you can’t understand why what happened in Baltimore can … Continue reading
Freddie Gray: Don’t trust the 1% with police reform
By Donald Earl Collins The history of policing in the US has been one of protecting private property, money and lives of the affluent and politically powerful, at least since the NYPD’s founding in 1845. Any new efforts at police … Continue reading
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Baltimore rioter turned himself in – but his family can’t afford a $500,000 bail sum
By Jon Swaine, Oliver Laughland, Paul Lewis and Mae Ryan Allen Bullock was charged with eight criminal counts, including rioting and malicious destruction of property, after arriving at Baltimore’s juvenile justice centre with his stepfather, Maurice Hawkins, who said he … Continue reading
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Dear White America: Here’s What You Should Know About MLK Before Using Him to Shut Down Black Uprising
By Chauncey DeVega The United States may have a black man who happens to be President. But racial equality, justice, and the radically democratic transformative possibilities that Obama symbolized seven years ago have not been translated into substantive improvements in … Continue reading
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Tagged #One Baltimore, Baltimore, Ferguson, Freddie Gray, Martin Luther King, police abuse, race, United States
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The Freddie Gray Case Should Be A Warning To Reporters Who Print Unfounded Police Leaks
By Carimah Townes The death of Freddie Gray was ruled a homicide and all six officers involved in his arrest and transport face criminal charges, including second-degree murder and manslaughter. Announcing the charges at a press conference Friday morning, Prosecutor … Continue reading
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A Ground-Level View of Baltimore’s Protests: Hope, Anger, and Beauty
Photos by Andrew Renneisen, text by Mitchell Grummon On April 12, Freddie Gray was arrested by Baltimore police. One hour later he was comatose. A week later he was dead, succumbing to spinal injuries inflicted while in … Continue reading
Baltimore Protesters Jailed Without Food For Days, Attorneys Say
In Kira Lerner In Baltimore’s Central Booking, protesters and rioters are being withheld food for up to 18 hours, denied medical attention and detained for extended periods of time with up to 20 people in small cells intended to … Continue reading
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Tagged Baltimore, detention, Freddie Gray, incarceration, protestors, United States
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Charges Against Officers In Freddie Gray’s Death Range From Murder To Manslaughter
The death of Freddie Gray was a homicide, and there is “probable cause” for criminal charges, Baltimore lead prosecutor Marilyn J. Mosby says, citing her office’s “thorough and independent” investigation and the medical examiner’s report on Gray’s death. Mosby, the … Continue reading
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