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Police brutality has been an ongoing issue in America and does not seem to be solve any time soon. The article does state that there is somewhat progress at fixing the problem but the progression is very minimum. From King nearly getting beat to death to Brown getting gunned down by officer unarmed.

Journalists unable to report on Michael Brown protests in Ferguson, Missouri. Some reporters were detained and later released. Violating freedom of press.

Journalists unable to report on Michael Brown protests in Ferguson, Missouri. Some reporters were detained and later released. Violating freedom of press.

Journalists unable to report on Michael Brown protests in Ferguson, Missouri. Some reporters were detained and later released. Violating freedom of press.

On the website U.S. News, Kingsley Browne, a professor at Wayne State University, he wrote the article "Putting Women in Combat Is a Disastrous Decision". He stated that the goal of the military is to be the most effective, not to make it gender-neutral.

This article explains how the wealthy will choose better schools and leave the poorer disadvantaged students in poor scoring schools. This will cause even more segregation between the higher and lower class.

Since the acquittal of Trayvon Martin's killer in 2013 and the killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, in 2014, the phrase "black lives matter" has become a rallying cry for a new chapter in the long black freedom struggle. Th is article visits the numerous misconseptions of the movement and explains the truths in depth.

Brian Brown of the National Organization for Marriage launches a new anti-LGBTQ group, the International Organization for the Family. He believes in "pro-family" and "defies the LGBT culture". Should marriage only be between a man and a women?

This is extremely sad to see but not surprising. Homophobia is still around and these people are hateful. The hope is hat they don't manage to get any laws past that might hurt LGBT people. The supreme court ruled that for marriage equality.

I agree, this is truly a sad state of affairs, but in the current political climate not at all surprising.

Thirty years after San Antonio v. Rodriguez and 60 years after Brown v. Board of Education, we still remain in the same position. Parents such as Tanya Mcdowell and Kelley Williams-Bolar want to send their children to a better school so they feel they need to break the law and lie about their kid's registration and they become convicted felons. Even though the matter of blacks v. whites is becoming better, the issue of rich v. poor has reached high levels.

this article talks about how gun violence has taken a huge toll in America. almost next to covid related deaths this article says that 19,000 have dies in gun related deaths. the communities most affected are poor black and brown communities.

This website summarizes the achievement gap in an educational setting when comparing black students to white students, and attempts to theorize about the possible reasons. These reasons may include socioeconomic status, demographics, and the cultural history of education regarding black people vs. white people.