by 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
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Bad News and Good News about Racial Prejudice
Steve Bogira Article Reprint I sometimes hear from readers that discrimination against blacks, though lamentable, is largely a thing of the past. The readers who say this inevitably are white.
Read moreRaul Castro Says His New 5-Year Term as Cuba’s President will be His Last
By DAMIEN CAVE Article Reprint MEXICO CITY — President Raúl Castro of Cuba announced Sunday that the five-year term he has just begun will be his last, giving the Castro era an official expiration date
Read moreU.S Sues Disgraced Cyclist Armstrong for Sponsor Money
by: David Ingram Article Reprint WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States accused cyclist Lance Armstrong on Friday of defrauding the U.S. Postal Service by taking its sponsorship money at the same time he was doping
Read moreMissouri is Brilliant: Make Gun Control a Felony, Shoot Gun Control Bills, Teach First-Graders the Same
by Abby Zimet Article Reprint Amidst the ongoing, awful litany of senseless gun deaths – the latest in Maryland, California, Nevada – Missouri Republicans have come up with their own innovative responses. As “a matter
Read moreSupreme Court Rejects C-Murder’s Appeal of Murder Conviction
by Roman Cooper Article Reprint C-Murder will remain in prison to serve out his life sentence. The Supreme Court has denied C-Murder’s appeal of a murder conviction, a last-ditch effort to spring the rapper from
Read moreInmates Collecting Millions from Fradulent Unemployment Checks
By Joseph Weber Article Reprint They’re behind bars, but you’re still paying their “salaries.” State and federal officials say inmates across the country continue to collect millions each year in fraudulent unemployment benefits — often
Read moreJames Meredith on Black America: ‘We’re Failing our Young People’
By:Maria Lloyd Article Reprint In recognition of Black History Month, Civil Rights activist Dr. James Meredith spoke to 300 majority African-American people at J.F. Drake State Technical College in Huntsville, AL. Dr. Meredith, famously known
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