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Young People Vote in Record Numbers and Four in 10 Eligible Black Voters

2020-11-09T08:00:00+00:00

Election Day voters and absentee voters in 2020 turned out in record numbers. Young people turning out in record numbers, and with four in 10 eligible Black voters being millennials or from generation Z, the push in urban centers like Philadelphia, Atlanta and Detroit was critical for Biden by the time networks announced the winner.

CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO NOT WEAR MASK IS ANOTHER AMERICAN SELECTIVE USE OF THE CONSTITUTION

2020-10-23T16:05:06+00:00

What about the caregivers and medical staff rights, voting rights instead of roadblocks and lawsuits, or protection for whistle blowers exposing war crimes? Did service workers and warehouse workers stay on the job to feed America at their own risk and without a constitutional right to work in a safe environment?

Surprising Facts - Protest History: US spirited act of defiance that united the colonies in revolution

2020-05-31T23:47:03+00:00

Our media is reporting mixed messages and does not reflect the history of this country.

Death of Ahmaud Marquez Arbery: A neighborhood determined to find a criminal

2020-05-31T22:56:16+00:00

On February 23, 2020, Ahmaud Marquez Arbery, an unarmed 25-year-old African-American man, was fatally shot. A shocking video apparently depicting the incident has emerged -- and is stirring outrage nationwide.

Retracing Ahmaud Arbery’s Final Minutes: What Videos And 911 Calls Show | NYT Visual Investigations

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Using security footage, cellphone video, 911 calls and police reports, The Times has reconstructed the 12 minutes before Ahmaud Arbery was shot dead in Georgia on Feb. 23.

The GCPD and the Brunswick District Attorney's Office were nationally criticized for their handling of the case and the delayed arrests; Georgia Attorney General Christopher M. Carr formally requested the intervention of the FBI in the case on May 10, which the FBI granted the following day.

When you can and cannot use deadly force and when vigilante justice turns into homicide. A citizen's arrest is an arrest made by a private citizen, that is, a person who is not acting as a sworn law-enforcement official. In common law jurisdictions, the practice dates back to medieval England and the English common law, in which sheriffs encouraged ordinary citizens to help apprehend law breakers. Read More

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Booming Budgets for Border Militarization - More than a Wall Report

2019-09-17T14:00:00+00:00

Behind the reallocation of DOD money for border security. More Than a Wall, "the report from the Transnational Institute, "looks at the history of U.S. border control and the strong political consensus—both Republican and Democrat—in support of border militarization, have regularly increased the budget for border enforcement since the 1980s.

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Video: Transnational Institute

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A Ballerina's Tale - Misty Copeland's Journey as a Black Ballerina

2019-07-08T14:00:00+00:00

A feature documentary on African American ballerina Misty Copeland that examines her prodigious rise, her potentially career ending injury alongside themes of race and body image in the elite ballet world.

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Global Warming IPCC special report

2018-10-09T00:23:53+00:00

Thousands of scientists from all over the world contribute to the work of the IPCC. The IPCC reviews and assesses the most recent scientific, technical and socio-economic information produced worldwide relevant to the understanding of climate change. It does not conduct any research nor does it monitor climate related data or parameters.

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She the People Presents First Women of Color in Politics Summit

2018-09-22T06:59:51+00:00

Summit founder Aimee Allison started off the day by listing statistics on how women of color have consistently led as voters and organizers, adding that the time had come for them to be represented in elected office.

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President Obama’s Visit To His Father's Homeland In Kenya

2015-07-26T14:00:00+00:00

At the start of his first presidential visit to Kenya, his father's homeland, President Barack Obama sat down to a private dinner with extended family members.

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Racism LGBTQ Community: Gay More Than Straight Men?

2015-04-14T14:00:00+00:00

We can say and list many opinions about what is going on here and the “visuals” chosen to take this poll. Stereotypes would be last on that list and low self-esteem would be first. Thinking you are superior doesn’t make it so.

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Autism: Early Detection Can Help

2015-04-08T14:00:00+00:00

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a developmental disability that causes social, communication and behavioral difficulties that can often be diagnosed by age 2. ASD is diagnosed by observing a child’s behavior and development.

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Op-Doc: A Conversation With My Black Son

2015-03-18T07:00:00+00:00

NYTimes: A Conversation With My Black Son by Geeta Gandbhir and Blair Foster

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Happy International Women's Day! March 8 Every Year

2015-03-09T07:00:00+00:00

On International Women’s Day, the world woke up to find that many women were not there. This symbolic act reflected what a new analysis of women and girls' progress says about the state of gender equality: we're NOT THERE yet.

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National Police Killings Under-counted

2015-03-09T07:00:00+00:00

Police killings recorded over the course of seven years have been under-counted by more than half, an astonishing figure, according to a new Bureau of Justice Statistics analysis.

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Our War: Ambushed

2015-02-22T16:00:00+00:00

BAFTA Winner for Best Factual Series 2012
Series marking the ten-year anniversary of the war in Afghanistan, telling the story of the conflict through the words and pictures of the young soldiers themselves.

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Our Kids in Handcuffs

2015-02-10T08:00:00+00:00

The ACLU is committed to challenging the "school to prison pipeline," a disturbing national trend wherein children are funneled out of public schools and into the juvenile and criminal justice systems. Many of these children have learning disabilities or histories of poverty, abuse or neglect, and would benefit from additional educational and counseling services. Instead, they are isolated, punished and pushed out.

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First Black Elected to Head Harvard's Law Review

2015-02-05T08:00:00+00:00

The New York Times shared a screenshot Friday of their 1990 profile of Obama, which ran after he became the first black student elected to preside over the Review. Obama was 28 years old at the time.

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Langston Hughes' 113th Birthday

2015-02-01T08:00:00+00:00

Sometimes people are not aware of what these great writers did to change history.

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