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by Katti Gray onJanuary 30, 2013
The Angola 3 case may help change the arbitrary and sometimes abusive use of solitary confinement.
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by Kirsten West Savali onDecember 18, 2012
Clutch magazine's Kirsten West Savali says there will never be an appropriate time to point out the racialized differences in our reactions to tragedy, so she might as well do it today.
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October 26, 2012
Journalists of color aren't shy in noting missed opportunities in the three presidential debates.
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by Nsenga Burton onJuly 11, 2011
Four shootings and stabbings occurred in one hour.
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by Jenée Desmond-Harris onMarch 25, 2011
Safe Passage members patrol routes to and from school in dangerous neighborhoods.
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by Jenée Desmond-Harris onJanuary 25, 2011
Decades after the allegations, Burge is heading to prison for lying about his conduct.
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How will law-enforcement agencies handle this bizarre drug trend?
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Try to think of any other time that a white politician was so bracingly direct when speaking to his mostly-white constituency about racism.
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October 8, 2010
In many ways, I think the argument about the word “illegal” stems from one of America’s major foibles: incorrect public assumptions about criminality.
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by Jeffrey Winbush onSeptember 18, 2010
The tale of the mysterious black assailant who threw acid in the face of the white victim won immediate national attention. Not surprisingly, it turned out to be a hoax.
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