African Americans
At People’s Climate Summit: Just transitions and environment
December 15, 2015The community development organization members believe that an alternative, clean energy economy can be achieved by empowering the underprivileged and unemployed.
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Jury finds Oklahoma cop guilty of assaults on 13 black women
December 11, 2015One victim highlighted the dilemma she faced after the assault: "What am I going to do? Call the cops? He was a cop."
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Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel must be impeached
December 5, 2015Rahm Emanuel has proven himself the most roughly drawn, one-dimensional of comic book villains, an insult to the city's intelligence and sustainability.
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Confederate “flaggers” fight for twisted history
December 2, 2015A slim majority of whites with a college degree see the Confederate flag as a symbol of heritage and pride, while 41 percent see it as a racist symbol.
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Alarm grows over prosecutor conduct in Tamir Rice case
November 19, 2015The shooting of Tamir Rice occurred on the afternoon of Nov. 22 after a resident saw him waving a toy gun in the park.
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