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April 11, 2012
Blogging the Beltway: At the National Action Network convention, the teen shooting is the focus.
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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 Noliwe M. Rooks onApril 10, 2012
As research on racial perceptions proves, having even the most diverse group of friends doesn't make one immune to race-based prejudice, writes Noliwe M. Rooks at Time magazine.
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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 Eric Hinton onApril 8, 2012
The conservative magazine found John Derbyshire's comments about blacks "nasty and indefensible."
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