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Georgia prosecutor wants to bring shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery to grand jury: ‘This is murder’
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Georgia prosecutor wants to bring shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery to grand jury: ‘This is murder’

Russ Bynum The Associated PressMay 7, 2020

A Georgia prosecutor said Tuesday that he wants a grand jury to decide if criminal charges are warranted in the death of a man shot after a pursuit by armed men who later told police they suspected him of being a burglar. 

Ahmaud Arbery, 25, was killed Feb. 23 in a neighborhood outside the coastal port city of Brunswick. No one has been arrested or charged in the case, prompting an outcry from the local NAACP and others. Arbery was black and the men who chased him are white. 

Death Toll Rises While Outrage Boils Over Conditions at Mississippi’s Parchman Prison
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Death Toll Rises While Outrage Boils Over Conditions at Mississippi’s Parchman Prison

Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior CorrespondentFebruary 21, 2020

For some time, concerns about Parchman have rankled inmates, family members, and others, including hip-hop superstar Jay-Z who is suing the state demanding better conditions at the prison. Jay-Z, whose real name is Shawn Carter, and others, have lobbied for officials to shut down the controversial prison. The conditions at Parchman, which once was a plantation that contained hundreds of slaves, were highlighted in January when cell phone video made its way to the internet displaying a cache of problems.

THERE NEVER WAS A NOBLE SOUTH.
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THERE NEVER WAS A NOBLE SOUTH.

Oscar H. BlaytonMay 24, 2019

Have you ever noticed that when driving through the southern United States you are hard-pressed to find a city or town without a memorial to the Confederate war dead, but you are equally hard-pressed to find a city or town with a monument commemorating fallen Revolutionary War soldiers?

Facebook Releases Results from Civil Rights Audit
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Facebook Releases Results from Civil Rights Audit

Jennifer Bihm, Contributing WriterJanuary 24, 2019

Facebook users will now be privy to updated reports on the company’s civil rights audit, started last year in response to criticisms from various civil rights groups about its operations. The new report came about six months after the audit began, and officials said they will continue to provide updates until the audit is complete. So far, the report has shown progress in a variety of areas including voting rights, diversity and inclusion, content moderation and privacy.