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Police Are Granted Abusive Powers By a System That Condones Their Actions

2016-11-29T17:39:10-05:00

The following is a Truthout interview with Kristian Williams, Author of Our Enemies in Blue: Police and Power in America. MARK KARLIN:Your book, Enemies in Blue: Police and Power in America, is nearly six hundred pages, thoroughly documented and cogent. Let's [...]

Deadly American Extremism: More White Than Muslim— The Numbers

2016-11-29T17:39:12-05:00

Everyday, somewhere in America people wait in long lines only to be patted down, or body scanned. We open our suitcases, empty our pockets, and place our computers, belts, and purses on a conveyor band. Instinctively American citizens and visitors respond on demand. We travel [...]

How To Win the War on Sexual Assault

2016-11-29T17:39:13-05:00

The Walnut Bowl draws comics at www.thewalnutbowl.com | Follow Walnut Bowl @thewalnutbowl This piece was reprinted by EmpathyEducates with permission or license. We thank the Illustrator, Cartoonist Walnut Bowl. We are grateful for his kindness and for Walnut Bowl's invitation to speak the many ways [...]

School Spirit or Gang Signs? ‘Zero Tolerance’ Comes Under Fire

2016-11-29T17:39:28-05:00

OLIVE BRANCH, Miss. — On the last Friday in January, 15-year-old Dontadrian Bruce was finishing up his biology project at Olive Branch High School. He and his group had constructed a double helix out of Legos, and his teacher [...]

School Violence on the Rise

2018-03-14T13:43:46-04:00

School Violence on the Rise In the last few weeks, [Fall of 2006], school shootings have dominated the news. The frequency of these seems to be increasing. People throughout the nation are panicking; what are we to do? President George W. Bush spoke of this situation [...]

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