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The Movement Against Armed Police in Schools
(The Root) — In response to the school shooting in Newtown, Conn., the National Rifle Association has called for armed guards and/or police officers in public schools. But a coalition of civil rights and education advocates, along with law-enforcement professionals and members of Congress, is doing everything it can to make sure that doesn’t happen.…
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Into Racial Stereotypes? You Probably Struggle Elsewhere, Too
Hooray. We can never resist bad news about racists and similar types. Especially when it appears to be backed up by science. According to the Huffington Post, a new study suggests that people who have a hard time getting past putting racial groups in boxes have the same types of limitations in other areas of…
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Trayvon Martin: The Latest, Week 45
Friday, Jan. 11, 1:01 p.m. EST: Police report was changed repeatedly: An interesting twist in George Zimmerman’s second-degree-murder case: Newly released records show that on the day Sanford, Fla., police turned over the Trayvon Martin shooting investigation to prosecutors, they changed their final report at least four times over five hours and downgraded the charge they…
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Obama's Day, Jan. 11: Meeting With Afghan President Karzai
THE WHITE HOUSEOffice of the Press SecretaryFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FORFRIDAY, JANUARY 11, 2013 In the morning, the President will host President Hamid Karzai and his delegation at the White House for bilateral meetings. The President looks forward to welcoming the Afghan delegation to Washington, and discussing our continued transition in…
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It's Good the Reverend Won't Deliver Inauguration Benediction
In his Washington Post column, Jonathan Capehart celebrates the Rev. Louie Giglio’s decision to withdraw his acceptance of the invitation to deliver the benediction at the presidential inauguration. In light of Giglio’s past anti-gay remarks, Capehart says, the president should not have to share the stage with him. Controversy over an anti-gay sermon by Louie Giglio of…
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Was Barry Bonds Cheated Out of Hall of Fame Induction?
In an entry at his Field Negro blog, Wayne Bennett weighs in on Barry Bonds’ Hall of Fame lockout by sportswriters. Bennett maintains that it’s unfair that he, as a fan, has to live with the self-appointed morality police denying recognition to the man who gave him the greatest baseball memories of his lifetime. I…
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Black Job Crisis: How Will Obama Handle It?
(The Root) — Between now and the inauguration on Jan. 21, The Root will be taking a daily look at the president’s record on a number of policy issues, including his first-term accomplishments and what many Americans hope to see him accomplish in a second term. Today: black unemployment. See previous postings in this series…
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Is This the End of Stop and Frisk?
(The Root) — New York City’s stop-and-frisk program has exploded by 600 percent under Mayor Michael Bloomberg — garnering outrage from critics who believe that the practice forces black and Latino residents to live under a separate-and-unequal police state, subject to random violations of their Fourth Amendment constitutional right against unreasonable search and seizure. Though…
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Shawty Lo Fires Back at Critics: 'I'm Taking Care of My Kids'
A defiant Shawty Lo tells critics he’s a proud, responsible father to his 11 children: During an interview with MTV News, the Atlanta-based rapper said, “I’m taking care of my kids, providing for my family.” Of the 10 mothers, he said, he has problems only with one. “She has two kids by me, and she feel…
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50-Year Plan to Fix Detroit
Detroit Mayor Dave Bing has released an ambitious 50-year plan to revitalize the shrinking and struggling city, including a blueprint to clear parts of nearly vacant neighborhoods for parks and relax rules to pave the way for startup companies to move into the area, the Associated Press reports. Bing released the 349-page plan on Wednesday…
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