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Holder’s Justice Department Report offers credibility on Ferguson

March 9, 2015 Arthur Lieber Activism, Civil Rights, Courts, Crime/Violence, Ferguson, Guns, Police, Violence Leave a comment

From the moment that Michael Brown was gunned down by Officer Darren Wilson, it’s been virtually impossible to get credible and reliable information about

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America’s role in spawning terror

January 20, 2015 Susan Cunningham Foreign Policy, Terrorism, Violence One comment

I suspect that most Americans don’t realize how much we are responsible for the acts of terror being committed in European countries. I know

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Police do better when they earn their respect

January 3, 2015 Arthur Lieber Cities, Crime/Violence, Police, Violence Leave a comment

Hundreds, thousands of African-American youth are gunned own each year, mostly by other African-Americans. For many, their stories become the landscape of the world in which we live.

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The Klan and Ferguson: Who didn’t see this coming?

November 20, 2014 Willy Kessler Crime/Violence, Missouri region, Police, Public safety, Violence Leave a comment

A few day ago many sources reported on the efforts of the Missouri KKK to get in on the Ferguson action. The white-robed bubba

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Ferguson: It’s time to stop studying, already

November 3, 2014 Mary Clemons Activism, Missouri region, States, Violence One comment

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch recently published an editorial titled, “A defining moment.” The editorial states that by creating a Ferguson Commission,,Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon

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Racism redux: St. Louis after Ferguson

October 8, 2014 Willy Kessler Activism, Civil Rights, Violence Leave a comment

The Ferguson incident: A young unarmed black man, Michael Brown, was shot several times by a white police officer, Darren Wilson. Several witnesses have

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Are we on the brink of a social revolution? I hope so.

August 18, 2014 Hafsa Civil Rights, Crime/Violence, Police, Violence Leave a comment

America continues to make international headlines as the world watches racial tensions repeatedly reaching the breaking point after the killing of an unarmed African-American:

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What we can learn from the shooting in Ferguson, Missouri

August 13, 2014 Arthur Lieber History, Missouri region, Violence One comment

When I was in college in 1968, I attended Congressional hearings on the 1967 urban riots (soon to be followed by even more severe

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“Draft Day” offers tips on what it takes to lead the country

May 8, 2014 Arthur Lieber Employment, Literature/Arts/Film, Media, People, Sports, Violence Leave a comment

It may be that the movie “Draft Day,” currently in theaters, is just a niche film for football fans. It’s for real fans who

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Georgia’s new “guns everywhere” law: A new low

April 25, 2014 Gloria Shur Bilchik Guns, States, Violence Leave a comment

As reported by Think Progress: Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal (R) just signed a law former congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords’ (D-AZ) organization described as “the most

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