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Pool Party Confrontation Thrusts McKinney into Spotlight On Police and Race Relations
Tasha Tsiaperas and Claire Z. Cardona, THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS McKINNEY (The Dallas Morning News) — A call to…
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Cleveland, on the Brink
Jamil Smith, THE NEW REPUBLIC CLEVELAND (The New Republic) — Before last week, the last time I’d been home…
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Baltimore Seeks Answers in Freddie Gray’s Death
Ben Brumfield, CNN BALTIMORE (CNN) — Freddie Gray was in perfect health until police chased and tackled him in Baltimore…
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Civil Rights Groups in South Carolina Ask U.S. to Investigate Killings by Police
Benjamin Mueller, THE NEW YORK TIMES NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (The New York Times) — Civil rights groups in North Charleston,…
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LAPD Skid Row Shooting: Once a Weapon is Grabbed, ‘All Bets are Off’
(The Los Angeles Times)—An officer-involved shooting on Los Angeles’ skid row has captured nationwide attention with cellphone video that…
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#BlackBrunchNYC Protests Disrupt ‘White’ N.Y. Breakfast Spots
Justin Moyer and Nick Kirkpatrick, THE WASHINGTON POST (The Washington Post)—Since an unarmed black teenager was killed by a…
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Disregarding Black Life
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist Patrick Lynch, do you remember Oscar Grant? And if you do, Mr. “leader” of…
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The Black Athlete: Let’s Tow Mike Ditka and Charles Barkley into the 21st Century
By Omar Tyree NNPA Columnist In the middle of an American turmoil between the police force and African-American men,…
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Innocent Blacks and White Cops—All Lives Are Valuable
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist Rafael Ramos had been a school security guard before he joined the New York…
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2014 Lies of the Year
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist There are critical similarities between the furious controversy in the fall about the…
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