By: Natalie Moore Article Reprint In 1994, Chicago public housing high rises failed federal government standards. The massive cinder block buildings had become as recognizable as the city’s skyline. They were also viewed as a
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7 Rules for Recording Police
beforeitsnews.com Article Reprint Last week the City of Boston agreed to pay Simon Glik $170,000 in damages and legal fees to settle a civil rights lawsuit stemming from his 2007 felony arrest for videotaping police
Read moreCyprus, Not Cyprus Hill Negro
rawdawgb.blogspot.com Article Reprint One of the biggest news stories thus far this year was the lead for the top German, Brazilian, Japanese and Canadian Television outlets yesterday. But it wasn’t even mentioned in the coverage
Read moreBreaking down the murder case against Aaron Hernandez
Michael McCann Article Reprint On Wednesday afternoon, former New England Patriots star tight end Aaron Hernandez was charged with first-degree murder (along with five other gun-related offenses) in connection with the death of Odin Lloyd,
Read moreThe TSA Says No to Pocketknives on Airplanes After All
By Elizabeth Dwoskin Article Reprint When Transportation Security Administration chief John Pistole moved last month to lift restrictions on bringing small pocketknives, hockey sticks, and baseball bats on airplanes, he was deluged with criticism. Pistole
Read moreYes Remembering Chinua Achebe.
thyblackman.com Article Reprint On Thursday, March 21st, 2013, the world lost an intellectual heavyweight in Professor Chinua Achebe. He died at the age of 82. Commonly regarded as the father of African literature because of
Read moreGeorge Zimmerman Jury Hears Key 911 Tapes in Start of Trial
By SENI TIENABESO and MATT GUTMAN Article Reprint The George Zimmerman murder trial began with a prosecutor telling the jury that Zimmerman killed teenager Trayvon Martin “because he wanted to,” while Zimmerman’s lawyer told the
Read moreU.S. Seizes 14 7-Eleven Stores in Immigration Raids
By MOSI SECRET and WILLIAM K. RASHBAUM Article Reprint More than a dozen 7-Eleven franchises took in more than $180 million in revenue by running a “modern-day plantation system,” prosecutors in New York charged on
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