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Activist Calling for Emanuel’s Resignation Says He’s Running for Alderman
Gregory Livingston, former campaign manager for Willie Wilson, throws hat in the ring for open 4th Ward alderman seat. By: Lauren Chooljian Article Reprint\ A community activist who has been calling for Mayor Rahm
Read more‘You think men like these are afraid of uneducated 125lbs punks who hold their guns sideways?’ Heavily-armed Louisiana police captain flanked by officers taunts local gang in video challenge
Law enforcement agencies in Louisiana have been cracking down on a gang known as the Gremlins By Daily Mail Online Reporter Article Reprint A Louisiana police captain has sent out a blunt message for members
Read moreGetting Old in Prison
by Robert Rosso Article Reprint At a federal prison in Indiana, inmate Jim Wesley Davis leaves the pill-line after drinking a small cup of crushed medication mixed in water. Approaching the chow hall for the evening
Read moreHow a team of Obama veterans helped Bernie Sanders pull in a record number of donations
By: Alyssa Bereznak Article Reprint On the last Tuesday in September, an important deadline loomed for the men and women who would be president. The Federal Election Commission requires those running for office to report
Read moreTop Story (02.14.16) >>> Graduating, but to what?
BTN STAFF Today’s top story comes from Chico Harlan of the Washington Post. He focuses on the poverty and lack of hope for Black students graduating in the Deep South region of America. To read
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Read moreNew Chicago Police Superintendent Search Continues
For activists, departmental accountability and reform remain key concerns By Ashahed M. Muhammad and Charlene Muhammad Article Reprint CHICAGO—Some considered it strange when Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced that he was bringing former Philadelphia Police Commissioner
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