Mick Dumke Article Reprint It’s not exactly the same old war on drugs. As law enforcement officials focus their efforts on violent, big-time drug operations, Chicago police made fewer street-level drug arrests in 2012 than
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Parents of Kimani Gray to File Wrongful-Death Suit
The 16-year-old boy was shot and killed by police in Brooklyn two months ago By #teamEBONY Article Reprint A 16-year-old boy shot by police in Brooklyn two months ago lay mortally wounded on the ground
Read moreMr. President,Stop Throwing Black People Under the Bus
[OPINION] Dr. Brittney Cooper responds to the president’s remarks about fatherhood and gun violence By Brittney Cooper, Ph.D. Article Reprint Almost as soon as he began to talk, I found myself deeply incensed at President
Read moreU.S. Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Police Use of Drug-Sniffing Dogs to Carry Out Warrantless Searches During Traffic Stops
www.rutherford.org Article Reprint WASHINGTON, DC — In a 9-0 decision in Florida v. Harris, the U.S. Supreme Court has declared that police may use drug-sniffing dogs to carry out warrantless searches during routine traffic stops.
Read moreBlack Labor Too Uppity for the Fields: Guest Workers Needed
Glen Ford Article Reprint By his silence, President Obama is giving the wink and nod to guest worker programs under immigration reform, further institutionalizing the displacement of African Americans from farm work. “The farm owners,
Read moreU.S. Gives Haiti the Gift of Prisons
By: Glen Ford Article Reprint The United States, in its infinite kindness, is making Haiti a gift of two penal institutions. It’s actually the most back-handed kind of charity. In order to keep Haiti a
Read moreSouth Korean President Fires Spokesman
By CHOE SANG-HUN Article Reprint SEOUL, South Korea — President Park Geun-hye of South Korea has fired her spokesman for committing an “unsavory” act while he was traveling with her on her state visit to
Read moreA Company That Runs Prisons Will Have Its Name on a Stadium
By GREG BISHOP Article Reprint In recent years, where stadium naming rights could be sold, universities and professional sports teams have sold them — to airlines and banks and companies that sell beer, soda, doughnuts,
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