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The grand jury decision is expected any day now in the shooting death of Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager in Ferguson, Missouri. In anticipation…
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The shooting death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri has brought to national attention the obstacles that many young black males face - including…
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This story is the third part of A Teachable Moment, a three-part series that profiles how issues raised by events in Ferguson are being discussed in…
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This story is the second part of A Teachable Moment, a three-part series that profiles how issues raised by events in Ferguson are being discussed in…
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It was early September and Vincent Flewellen had just wrapped up his day teaching at Ladue Middle School.“It was a pretty day,” Flewellen remembered. “I…
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The idea of requiring police to wear body cameras has been a hot topic after the protests in Ferguson, Missouri. On Friday, a group of Illinois lawmakers…
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The question of just what happened in Ferguson, Missouri before the shooting death of Michael Brown has renewed a push in Illinois to equip police with…
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The recent shooting death of Michael Brown by police in Ferguson, Missouri, sparked renewed national discussions about racial tensions, police actions and…
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Last Thursday, over 300 people met in Springfield for a meeting titled “Saving Our Black Males Through Education, Information, and Communication." It was…
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Racial tension and profiling by police were among the topics discussed at a community meeting held at Southeast High School in Springfield on Thursday.…