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Journalists under police attack in Ferguson protests
August 14, 2014President Obama, at a press conference today, said "there is no excuse for police to use excessive force against peaceful protesters or to throw protesters into jail."
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Despite police violence Ferguson community continues peaceful protests
August 14, 2014The numbers of community members, Black and white, who attended far outnumbered any who had engaged in looting the night before.
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Ferguson, Missouri residents grieve and protest in wake of killing by police
August 13, 2014The high level of tension in the town resulting from the Aug. 9 police killing of an unarmed Michael Brown, 17, has created an extremely volatile situation.
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Tulsa park commemorates 1921 race riot
August 13, 2014Travelers should consider going to Tulsa's John Hope Franklin Reconcilliation Park. The park commemorates the biggest race riot and massacre of American history.
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An interview with USSA’s Maxwell Love
August 12, 2014According to Love, students need to build "relationships with unions - on and off campuses, to build bridges in the community, students are workers."
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