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The Pernicious Power of Patriarchy
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The Pernicious Power of Patriarchy

Julianne Malveaux, NNPA Newswire ContributorFebruary 27, 2020

If we women were honest, we would say that we have all cosigned patriarchy in the interest of keeping it moving. We have deflected the sexist comments that come our way, even as we cringe from them. We smile at men that we abhor because they may have decision making power in their hands. We dress up or dress down depending on the occasion and the way we have to play the game. We know the system is slanted against us, we know we still have to play, and we decide when we choose to blow the whistle, a whistle we could blow every single day.

Remember Atatiana Jefferson
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Remember Atatiana Jefferson

Stacy M. Brown NNPA, Newswire CorrespondentJanuary 17, 2020

As we enter into a new year, it’s important that we do not forget the December 20th indictment and pending trial of Aaron Dean, a former Forth Worth, Texas police officer, on murder charges in the shooting death of Atatiana Jefferson, an African American woman and Xavier University graduate.

Kierra Coles: Young, Pregnant, Black and Still Missing
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Kierra Coles: Young, Pregnant, Black and Still Missing

Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire CorrespondentOctober 18, 2019

“She was already excited about becoming a mother,” Karen Phillips, Kierra’s mother, told ABC News shortly after Kierra disappeared. “That’s all my child ever wanted, to be a mom and accomplish all the things she set to accomplish – to have a nice paying job which she had, to get a new car which she bought, to move into her own apartment which she did, and to become a mother which she was about to.”

Report: FBI Investigating Alleged Secret Society of Deputies
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Report: FBI Investigating Alleged Secret Society of Deputies

City News ServiceJuly 12, 2019

The FBI is investigating a secret society of tattooed deputies in East Los Angeles as well as similar gang-like groups elsewhere within the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, it was reported today. News of the probe comes from multiple people familiar with the inquiry, according to the Los Angeles Times. The federal probe follows allegations of beatings and harassment by members of the Banditos, a group of deputies assigned to the Sheriff’s East L.A. station who brand themselves with matching tattoos of a skeleton outfitted in a sombrero, bandolier and pistol. The clique’s members are accused by other deputies of

U.S. Attempt to Erase Harriet Tubman
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U.S. Attempt to Erase Harriet Tubman

A. Scott Bolden, NNPA Newswire ContributorJune 13, 2019

In the fantasy of White supremacy, traitors like Jefferson Davis and other Confederates are memorialized for being freedom fighters — the freedom of whites to own black human beings and work them to death — while a woman who risked her life time and again to free enslaved people is simply dismissed. Ignored. Erased.

Appeals Court Denies Rehearing of Ex-Sheriff Lee Baca’s Appeal
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Appeals Court Denies Rehearing of Ex-Sheriff Lee Baca’s Appeal

City News ServiceApril 26, 2019

The 76-year-old former sheriff, who has Alzheimer’s disease, was sentenced in May 2017 to three years in federal prison, but has remained free pending appeal. In February, a three-judge panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in Pasadena rejected his first attempt.

The Black Women Jailed for ‘Stealing’ an Education, The Inequity of the Elite College Admissions Scam
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The Black Women Jailed for ‘Stealing’ an Education, The Inequity of the Elite College Admissions Scam

Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire CorrespondentMarch 21, 2019

“… she wanted a better life for her son, so she enrolled him in the Norwalk public schools despite having no real ties to the city. ‘When the city found out that it was spending its money educating her boy, it demanded that Ms. McDowell be charged with a crime,’ Pattis said. ‘Norwalk prosecutors, known statewide for an unreasoning mean-streak, obliged. She was charged with first-degree larceny,’ said Norm Pattis, a trial lawyer who is fighting for freedom “one client at a time.”

Success On “The Way” Ask Dr. Jeanette ‘When Greed and Avarice Is Not Enough’
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Success On “The Way” Ask Dr. Jeanette ‘When Greed and Avarice Is Not Enough’

March 21, 2019

Life presents challenges. Sometimes it may be difficult to “think outside the box.” However, we move forward and survey where we have been, how we evaluate life’s path…it takes meditation, thinking through what’s happened. Look at the highlights, the successes and things which may not have worked well as you would have preferred. Patience. Life isn’t a straight line. It’s more like a graft, ups and downs. In this retrospective, one may be tempted to compare one’s own life’s tracks with those of others. Be reminded, you have your personal gifts and talents which you should singularly compare with yourself, not others. Who are we admiring? It’s repeatedly proven that some, if not many of you may be admiring at a distance let you down morally, ethically and otherwise.

For Jussie Smollett, One Story Equals 16 Felony Counts
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For Jussie Smollett, One Story Equals 16 Felony Counts

DON BABWIN, Associated PressMarch 14, 2019

News that a grand jury had indicted “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett for allegedly lying to Chicago police about being attacked by two masked men may not have made much of a splash except for one thing: The lone felony count that Smollett had been arrested on last month had turned into 16.

Petition Seeks to End Practice of Charge Stacking
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Petition Seeks to End Practice of Charge Stacking

Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire CorrespondentFebruary 28, 2019

Turning one crime into many is easily done, and with this in mind a prosecutor can easily circumvent laws of double jeopardy in order to lump, for example, drug offenses with conspiracy – some laws like this are broad and easily manipulated to fit many cases – gun use, money laundering, and a laundry list of other charges together.