Two former police chiefs and a researcher discuss how to improve law-enforcement practices.
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The Near Certainty of Anti-Police Violence
By ignoring illegitimate policing, America has also failed to address the danger this illegitimacy poses to those who must do the policing.
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Ubiñas: Philly Man’s Campaign: Black Guns Matter
What if, we stopped trying to get guns off the streets and instead started licensing young men in Philly to legally pack heat?
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Dallas Police Chief David Brown Lost His Son, Former Partner and Brother to Violence
Few people understand loss better than David Brown, the Dallas police chief who stood before television cameras Friday morning and said, “We are heartbroken.”
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Artist and Perpetrator: Are South Africa’s Arts Promoting Rape Culture?
While the stars of South Africa’s film industry arrived at the glamorous opening of the 37th Durban International Film Festival, it was the heated issue of arts’ role in perpetuating a culture of gender-based violence that had many on edge.
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Hidden in Plain View: Researchers Offer Startling Glimpse of Atlanta’s Black Pre-Teen Girls Lured into $32B Sex Trafficking Industry
Eleven years ago, the FBI issued a status report that shook much of the country out of its blissful slumber.
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12,000 Incarcerated Students to Enroll in Postsecondary Educational and Training Programs Through Education Department’s New Second Chance Pell Pilot Program
Partnerships between postsecondary and penal institutions allow incarcerated individuals to access Pell grants for correctional education
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‘Mississippi Burning’ Civil Rights Case Closed After 52 Years
Attorney general says investigation into killings of three civil rights workers is over and no more prosecutions are expected.
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‘I’m Just Not Ready to Forgive:’ One Family Member Reflects on Charleston Massacre a Year Later
One year ago today, nine worshipers were callously executed during an evening Bible study at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina.
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Working to Avoid Foreclosure: City of Detroit to hold Property Tax Assistance Fair
The City of Detroit, in an effort to ease some homeowners’ property tax burden and prevent the threat of foreclosure, will host a Property Tax Assistance Fair.
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