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So, When Can We Call the Germanwings Pilot a Terrorist?
So, let’s get this straight: You can deliberately crash a plane into a mountain, kill 149 innocent people and not be called a terrorist? And then, when evidence emerges that you methodically planned your execution, the media still won’t call you what you are? Instead, they’ll call you a terrorist by another name. Troubled, but not a…
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A Video Survey of Police Interactions: Inequality in Black and White
“There is a difference this time; this time there’s a video,” the Rev. Al Sharpton told the crowd at Eric Garner’s funeral in July. “Go to the tape. The tape tells what you did and what you didn’t do.” He was referring to the footage of the last living moments of the unarmed black New York…
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Why the NAACP Shouldn't Support Creflo Dollar
Following Creflo Dollar’s arrest earlier this month on charges that he’d assaulted his daughter, the embattled pastor addressed his congregation and publicly refuted his child’s claims. Stacey Patton writes in the Washington Post that disciplining children with physical punishment should not be something that the NAACP should condone or sweep under the rug. This debate…
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