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Nigeria’s President-Elect: I Cannot Promise That We Can Find Abducted Girls
Today marks a somber anniversary in Nigeria—and indeed around the world. It’s been one year since the Islamist extremist group Boko Haram abducted more than 200 schoolgirls from the northeast-Nigerian town of Chibok. Nigerian President-elect Muhammadu Buhari issued a statement Tuesday saying that it may never be possible to locate the missing girls. “We do…
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Black Lawyers Group Calls for a Special Prosecutor in North Charleston Police Shooting
Black Lawyers for Justice wants a special prosecutor to handle a white police officer’s deadly shooting of an unarmed black man in North Charleston, S.C., the Associated Press reports. Malik Shabazz, the organization’s president, issued the call Monday during a rally at the North Charleston City Hall. According to AP, Shabazz also said that BLJ…
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Home Health Workers Are an Invisible Force in the ‘Fight for $15’ Movement
Labor forces are planning the largest rally in decades—their latest effort in an uprising against low wages. On April 15 these workers will join their voices to demand a $15-per-hour living wage from rich industries that they say are pinching pennies on salaries. The Fight for $15 movement burst onto the scene in late 2012…
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How Obama Is Addressing the Crisis Among Boys and Young Men of Color
It was easy to mistake Thursday’s gathering at a New York City hotel for a religious meeting. One panelist, who proudly proclaimed his Baptist-preacher lineage, issued the rallying cry in his opening remarks: “God is good all the time.” But the roughly 200 people in attendance had gathered at the National Action Committee’s panel discussion…
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National Action Network Panel on Brutality Has Emotional Response to SC Shooting
With the backdrop of the 50th anniversary of the Selma, Ala., march and yet another deadly police shooting of an unarmed black man, the National Action Network held its 17th annual convention in New York City. The Rev. Al Sharpton, founder and president of the civil rights organization, is hosting the four-day gathering, which got…
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Watch: Minneapolis Cop Threatens to Break Teenager’s Leg During Traffic Stop
A video has surfaced that appears to show a Minneapolis police officer threatening to break a teenager’s leg during a traffic stop. Hamza Jeylani, 17, who recorded the cellphone video, told MRP News that he and his friends had left a YMCA on March 18 when police pulled them over. The four young men, of…
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Ga. Judge Allegedly Uses N-Word in Court
A county judge in Georgia and two sheriff’s deputies are accused of using the n-word in court, according to Fox 5 Atlanta. Allen Duray Green, an African American, was waiting in the Fannin County Courthouse on March 16 to testify at a bond hearing for his friend Robert Vivian, who is white. When Judge…
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Md. Father and 7 Children Die in Apparent Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
When Rodney Todd failed to show up at work for several days, his co-workers knew something was wrong. So one of them filed a police report. When officers on Monday entered Todd’s home in the town of Princess Anne, Md., they found a tragic scene. Todd and his seven children were dead of apparent carbon…
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‘Cripmas Party’ Leads to Probation for Clemson’s SAE Fraternity Chapter
Clemson University put its Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity chapter on probation for two years over a party the frat threw last Christmas, the Associated Press reports. An investigation found that the gang-themed party violated the university’s alcohol rules and student-conduct codes. Students attended the gathering, dubbed a “Cripmas” party, dressed like Crips and Bloods gang…
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Survey: Most Whites Approve of Police Getting Physical With Suspects
A survey reported by the Associated Press found that white Americans approve of police use of force far more than black and Hispanic Americans do. About 70 percent of whites can imagine a circumstance in which they would approve of an officer striking an adult male. By contrast, only 42 percent of blacks and 38…
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