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by Jenée Desmond-Harris onApril 11, 2012
They explain why they withdrew from representing the man who shot and killed Trayvon Martin.
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April 11, 2012
"Stand your ground" laws, racially skewed school discipline practices and the biased criminal-justice system make it clear that we need a strong U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, Jesse Jackson writes at the Chicago Sun-Times.
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by Dr. Wilmer J. Leon onApril 11, 2012
The Florida special prosecutor needs to do the right thing to get justice for Trayvon Martin.
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by Jenée Desmond-Harris onApril 10, 2012
A legal expert weighs in on the significance of the Florida State Attorney Angela Corey's decision to forgo this step.
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by Jenée Desmond-Harris onApril 10, 2012
Do "Stand your ground" laws amount to a "racial tax"?
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by Edward Wyckoff Williams onApril 10, 2012
And yet we keep hearing about black-on-black crime because it fits the false media narrative.
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by Farai Chideya onApril 9, 2012
Our world may not be postracial, but five guidelines will help us confront our hang-ups with honesty.
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by Khalil Gibran Muhammad onApril 8, 2012
In an op-ed for the New York Times, Khalil Gibran Muhammad takes on those who suggest that "black people should worry more about the harm they do to themselves and less about how victimized they are by others."
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by Jenée Desmond-Harris onApril 6, 2012
Zimmerman's lawyer references "shaken baby syndrome."
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by Jenée Desmond-Harris onApril 6, 2012
This self-described "little white girl" has a message for privileged activists.
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