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Exclusive: Freed Gitmo Prisoner Jihad Abu Wa'el Dhiab Speaks as Pres. Candidates to Debate Terrorism

Tonight, 100 million people are expected to watch the first presidential debate, where the topics will likely include foreign policy and terrorism. Eight years after President Obama vowed to close…

September 26, 2016
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Marc Lamont Hill Responds to Trump: "We Can't Arrest Our Way Out of a Problem of State Violence"

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Marc Lamont Hill, journalist, distinguished professor of African American studies at Morehouse College, responds to calls by Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump to expand the controversial police tactic of stop-and-frisk…

September 26, 2016
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Activism Works: Charlotte Police Release Dashboard & Body Camera Video in Keith Lamont Scott Killing

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Charlotte-Mecklenburg police have yielded to days of protests and released two videos of the fatal police shooting of Keith Lamont Scott. One video is from a police dashboard camera, the…

September 26, 2016
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Protests over Tulsa & Charlotte Police Killings Stem from Economic Policies That Perpetuate Racism

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The police killings of Keith Lamont Scott in Charlotte, North Carolina, and Terence Crutcher in Tulsa, Oklahoma, have drawn attention to policies backed by Republicans that have perpetuated racism and…

September 23, 2016
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Connecticut State Troopers Unwittingly Film Themselves Fabricating Charges Against Protester

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Did Connecticut state troopers unwittingly record themselves fabricating charges against a protester? That’s what a new lawsuit filed by the ACLU of Connecticut claims. On September 11, 2015, Connecticut resident

September 22, 2016
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Tulsa Still Faces Historical Trauma from 1921 Riot That Left 300 Dead on Black Wall Street

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As protests continue over the police killing of Terence Crutcher, we look at how Tulsa, Oklahoma, is no stranger to racial strife. On May 31, 1921, a white mob killed…

September 22, 2016
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