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  • Calm Prevails in Ferguson for 3rd Night

    A tentative calm prevailed in the streets of Ferguson, Mo., for a third night Friday, even as a smaller group of protesters and police continued to hold their respective grounds, the Associated Press reports. The fatal shooting of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown on Aug. 9 by Ferguson police Officer Darren Wilson, who is white,…

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  • Brutal Treatment of Black and Brown Youths Reflects Disregard for Their Lives

    As a youth justice advocate, I give lots of speeches and presentations to elected officials, the heads of national organizations, judges and attorneys. I talk about why children should never be sentenced to life without parole and other extreme sentences. I also helped launch the Incarcerated Children’s Advocacy Network, or ICAN, which brings together people who…

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  • Savion Glover: Tapping Into African-American History Through Dance

    The halls of Washington, D.C.’s historic Howard Theatre will be filled with the haunting tones of jazz as well as the skillful tapping of feet over the weekend, with renowned performer Savion Glover taking the stage to share “the dance.”  “It’s basically going to be myself and a jazz quartet band [the Otherz] and we…

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    Breanna Edwards

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  • Hey, White College Kids: Can the Ferguson Police Get Some of That Kony 2012 Outrage?

    Remember #Kony2012? Of course you do. The social media campaign by Invisible Children against the war criminal leader of Uganda’s Lord’s Resistance Army is impossible to forget because of the way so many Americans—including many white Americans—came together and amplified the cause in the name of justice and human rights. Invisible Children’s video was viewed…

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  • Watch: Michael Brown Graduated From High School Days Before Shooting 

    Newly released video shows Michael Brown, 18, graduating from Normandy High School in St. Louis, Mo., wearing a dark-green cap and gown, accented by his red stole. There are haunting correlations between the video and the #IfTheyGunnedMeDown Twitter movement that inspired users to tweet “proper” images of themselves next to perceived “thuggish” ones.  The video, originally…

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    Breanna Edwards

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  • Watch: David Letterman and Serena Williams Break a Deli Window

    On a makeshift tennis court outside the Ed Sullivan Theater in New York City, late-night talk show host David Letterman and Serena Williams, one of the world’s top tennis players, decided to get in a quick game yesterday. The pair didn’t even change into tennis gear. Letterman merely ditched his sport coat and played in…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.

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  • CNN Source Claims Ferguson Cop Did Not Have Fractured Eye Socket

    The circumstances surrounding the shooting of unarmed Ferguson, Mo., teen Michael Brown are still unclear as rumors and conflicting information are rampant in news coverage.    The scarcity of actual facts was compounded Thursday with CNN anchor Don Lemon reporting that the Ferguson officer who gunned down Brown did not, in fact, suffer from a…

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    Breanna Edwards

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  • Macy’s Settles Racial Profiling Probe With New York State for $650,000

    Macy’s is coughing up $650,000 to settle accusations of racial profiling against its store in New York City’s Herald Square, the Associated Press reports. The retail giant signed on to an agreement on Tuesday with the attorney general of New York. Macy’s agrees to adopt new policies against profiling, train its employees, treat customer complaints…

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    Breanna Edwards

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  • Parents of Michael Brown to Attend Eric Garner Rally

    The parents of Michael Brown will be attending the rally for Eric Garner in Staten Island, N.Y., this Saturday. According to the Huffington Post, Brown’s father, Michael Brown Sr., and mother, Leslie McSpadden, will attend the rally, which is expected to draw more than 15,000 people. Attendees will march from the location of Garner’s death…

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  • Peaceful Night of Protest as National Guard Ordered Out of Ferguson

    As a hot Thursday evening gave way to Friday morning, temperatures between police and protesters seemed to have cooled, with the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporting another peaceful night of protesting the death of unarmed teen Michael Brown, who was fatally shot by officer Darren Wilson, in Ferguson, Mo. Protesters gathered, marched and shouted, but in…

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