Category: Drug War
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Fact-checking Trump’s announcement of a national emergency Where to begin with President Trump’s rambling news conference to announce he was invoking a national emergency to build a border wall? It was chock-full of false and misleading claims, many of which we’ve previously highlighted, either in our database of Trump claims or our list of Bottomless Pinocchios. Here’s a…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Palestinian teen shot dead after alleged stabbing attack The Israeli police relaxed its open-fire regulations in December 2015, permitting officers to open fire with live ammunition on those throwing stones or firebombs as an initial option, without having to use non-lethal weapons first. #Gaza #Palestine #Israel #MiddleEast Venezuela Is Not Trump’s ‘First’ Intervention Trump escalated every war…
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The Long Voyage Home
Anchors Aweigh It seems like a lifetime ago. I was only seventeen and had recently graduated from high school. I had my whole life ahead of me. I made the decision to join the United States Navy. During that time, I came of age during that four-year enlistment. Through my travels, I saw parts of…
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Respect This…
R-E-S-P-E-C-T, find out what it means to me R-E-S-P-E-C-T, take care, TCB – Aretha Franklin 400 Years The legacy of chattel slavery still haunts the American psyche and will do until there is no longer any America. Black Americans have been fighting for freedom since the first African slaves landed on the shores of Jamestown,…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Rescuers Continue Search After Deadly Indonesia Plane Crash “The National Search And Rescue Agency says that when the plane went down, its emergency locator transmitter beacon did not emit a distress signal — despite the beacon being certified through August of 2019.” #Indonesia #PlaneCrash #Tragedy #Asia 11 people were gunned down at a Pittsburgh synagogue. Here are…
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The Evolved Man of the Week: Hill Harper
Welcome to the Evolving Man Project’s ‘Evolved Man of the Week’ profiles. Each week we will highlight an individual that embodies what it means to be an evolved man, famous and non-famous men alike. The world needs to know their stories and deeds. This week’s honor goes to American actor, author, and former attorney, Hill…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Illegal Immigration Does Not Increase Violent Crime, 4 Studies Show Michael Light, a criminologist at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, looked at whether the soaring increase in illegal immigration over the last three decades caused a commensurate jump in violent crimes: murder, rape, robbery and aggravated assault. “Increased undocumented immigration since 1990 has not increased violent crime over that…
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Gone, but Not Forgotten
America thinks that men who look #StephonClark or me, my nephews, friends, mentors, fathers, grandfathers, uncles, and brothers are monsters who deserve to be judged with death at the slightest so-called “threat,” real or imagined. To law enforcement or the state. Women who look like #AtatianaJefferson or my mother’s, sisters, nieces, my wife, cousins, aunties, and grandmothers…
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Evolved Man of the Week: Huey P. Newton
Welcome to the “Black History Month” edition of the Evolving Man Project’s ‘Evolved Man of the Week’ profiles. Each week in February, we will highlight a historical black male figure that embodies what it meant to be an evolved man, famous and non-famous alike. The world needs to know their stories and deeds. This week’s honor…
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This Land Is Your Land
This land is your land, this land is my landFrom California to the New York islandFrom the Redwood Forest to the gulf stream watersThis land was made for you and meAs I went walking that ribbon of highwayI saw above me that endless skywayAnd saw below me that golden valleyThis land was made for you…
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