Ida B. Wells Society for Investigative Reporting co-founder and UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media alumna Nikole Hannah-Jones ’03 (M.A.) received special recognition from Long Island University’s (LIU) prestigious George Polk Awards, LIU has announced. The 15 winners of the Polk Awards were announced at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., on Feb.…
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Devices Banned on Flights From 10 Countries Over ISIS Fears
WASHINGTON — Intelligence showing that the Islamic State is developing a bomb hidden in portable electronics spurred the United States and Britain on Tuesday to bar passengers from airports in a total of 10 Muslim-majority countries from carrying laptop computers, iPads and other devices larger than a cellphone aboard direct inbound flights, two senior American…
Darren Wilson told attorneys he and other Ferguson officers used the n-word
A court filing introduced late last year in a civil lawsuit against former Ferguson, Mo. police officer Darren Wilson includes a sworn admission from Wilson that he and other Ferguson officers used the n-word to describe black people, but an attorney for Wilson said Monday that his client only used the word when repeating witness accounts…
My President Was Black
Ta-Nehisi Coates in-depth look at the ascendance of Barak Obama to the highest office in the land and his impact as the nation’s first African-American president.
Ugly encounters with officers fuel loss of trust, costly payouts
Since 2005, Washington D.C. has agreed or been ordered to pay at least $31.6 million in 173 cases alleging police misconduct, including claims of false arrest and excessive use of force, according to a Washington Post analysis of data obtained from the D.C. attorney general’s office
The Enemy Within: Bribes Bore a Hole in the U.S. Border
A New York Times investigation found that employees at the Department of Homeland Security, which is charged with securing the border and enforcing immigration laws, have taken $15 million in bribes from drug cartels and others since 2006.
Teachers Unions Spend Big On 2016 Election But Come Up Short
Teacher unions spent millions during the 2016 presidential and congress elections in support of Democrats but came up short.
Busted
Widespread evidence shows that these tests routinely produce false positives. Why are police departments and prosecutors across the country still using them?
The Case for Reparations
Two hundred fifty years of slavery. Ninety years of Jim Crow. Sixty years of separate but equal. Thirty-five years of racist housing policy. Until we reckon with our compounding moral debts, America will never be whole.
Segregation Now
In Tuscaloosa today, nearly one in three black students attends a school that looks as if Brown v. Board of Education never happened. Though James Dent could watch Central High School’s homecoming parade from the porch of his faded white bungalow, it had been years since he’d bothered. But last fall, Dent’s oldest granddaughter, D’Leisha,…
