Articles focusing on politics

After Fighting Over Mountains, India and China Lock Horns in the Indian Ocean

By Ishaan Tharoor Article Reprint In mid-April, a platoon of Chinese soldiers trooped some 20 km into territory considered India’s and pitched tents and unfurled banners. When detected by Indian forces, the Chinese refused to

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DNA Info: CTU Plans Protest Against CPS Closings With ‘Long March’

by Ted Cox Article Reprint CHICAGO — Teachers are joining other unions and grassroots groups in planning a “long march” to protest Chicago Public Schools closings. The Chicago Teachers Union posted a notice Friday saying

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I’m with the March! Stop Racist Rahm

Jarrod Horton Staff Writer Black people have been isolated and separated since our ancestors were brought here. There has been slavery, Jim Crow, segregation, the construction of project housing complexes and now this. The closing

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Drug arrests drop in Chicago but still snare thousands in black neighborhoods

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

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Mr. 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 

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U.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.

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Black 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,

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