Even before her son was born, Jesmyn Ward was preoccupied with one thing – how she would prepare him for survival
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In St. Louis, This Woman Is Making A Change One Meal At A Time | Huffington Post
Mama Cat is one of the many people still doing the work post-Ferguson.
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Black Lives Matter Is Democracy in Action | The New York Times
CHICAGO — Why has this generation of black activists failed to produce a Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. or a Malcolm X — a charismatic, messiah-like figure who can lead a major movement?
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DOJ Won’t Prosecute Baltimore Officers In Freddie Gray Case | NPR
The Department of Justice will not bring civil rights charges against six Baltimore police involved in the arrest and death of Freddie Gray, the young black man whose death caused widespread violent protest in that city in 2015.
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March for Justice | New York Amsterdam News
Aug. 26, the Alliance of Families for Justice will lead a 19-day march to bring to the attention of the New York State Legislature, Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the general public the human rights abuses in New York prisons and jails such as Rikers and Attica, according to the AFJ website.
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Invisible Child – The New York Times
Girl in the Shadows: Dasani’s Homeless Life (2013)
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There was no wave of compassion when addicts were hooked on crack – PBS
Faced with a rising national wave of opioid addiction and its consequences, families, law enforcement and political leaders around the nation are linking arms to save souls. But 30 years ago, it was a different story.
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A Digital Archive Documents Two Decades of Torture by Chicago Police
Amid continued accusations of police misconduct, the force must contend with a digital rehashing of a sordid chapter in its history.
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I’ve been reporting on race for 40 years. Can we ever fix what’s broken?
“I can’t keep calm. I have a black son!”
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Teju Cole talks to Taiye Selasi: ‘Afropolitan, American, African. Whatever’
The authors discuss translation, ‘travelling while black’ and how to avoid classification
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