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NAACP President on Dylann Roof's Lack of Regret for Massacre: "It's About the State of America"

This week Dylann Roof faces a possible death sentence for murdering nine black worshipers at the Emanuel AME Church in June of 2015. As Roof acted as his

January 5, 2017
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After Arrest, NAACP Pres. Calls for More Civil Disobedience to Oppose Sen. Sessions as Att'y General

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Resistance to many of President-elect Trump’s Cabinet picks who face Senate confirmation hearings in the coming weeks entered a new phase Tuesday when NAACP President Cornell William Brooks and five

January 5, 2017
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ACLU Releases Analysis of Sessions’ Civil Liberties Record Ahead of Confirmation Hearings

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The American Civil Liberties Union released a comprehensive analysis of Sen. Jeff Sessions’ record on civil liberties issues ahead of the January 10-11 confirmation hearing as President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for attorney…

January 4, 2017
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Privacy Advocates Warn of Potential Surveillance Through Listening Devices Like Amazon Echo, Google Home

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Privacy experts are keeping a close watch on the case of a Bentonville, Arkansas, man who was charged with murder after prosecutors obtained a warrant to receive data from his…

January 4, 2017
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"It was out of love that the Black Panther Party was started"

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Executive Producer Eddie Conway interviews Ericka Huggins at the 50th Anniversary of the Black Panther Party. Huggins is a former political prisoner and was one of the central leaders of…

January 3, 2017
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Bias in Criminal Risk Scores Is Mathematically Inevitable, Researchers Say

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ProPublica’s analysis of bias against black defendants in criminal risk scores has prompted research showing that the disparity can be addressed — if the algorithms focus on the fairness of…

December 31, 2016
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