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From Ferguson to Freddie Gray, the past year’s headlines have driven unprecedented attention to the question of how the media covers—or fails to cover—race. The latest episode of Brooklyn Independent…

ByJarrett Murphy 1Comment

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Apr 2015

Opinion

New York’s Attempt to Diversify Legal Profession

A Bronx assemblywoman credits the New York Legal Education Opportunity Program with changing her life, and hopes it will get other women and people of color into the bar.

ByLatoya Joyner 1Comment

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Mar 2015

Uncategorized

Elevating Teen Leaders’ Voices After Ferguson, Garner

The new Resilience Advocacy Project initiative will train teens all over the country as peer legal rights educators around stop & frisk and community policing.

Bybjrichie 0Comments

07

Mar 2015

Opinion

Subconscious Biases Might Affect When Cops Pull Trigger

Research indicates that deep-seated stereotypes can affect snap judgments without police officers (or the rest of us) even knowing it. That means police reform has an even bigger challenge on…

ByGeoffery Mullings 1Comment

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Feb 2015

In Depth

UrbaNERD: What You Missed While Kanye Was Talking

What are the voices in your head telling you? Hopefully it’s to take a look at these articles on school discipline, millennials at home, tax reform, fashion week and the…

ByJasmine Pierce 0Comments

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Jan 2015

Justice

‘Hands Up’ Goes Beyond Incident that Triggered It

An artist who is postering American cities with images of raised hands says conflicting evidence about the killing of Michael Brown hasn’t changed the power of his visual protest.

ByKathleen Caulderwood 0Comments

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Dec 2014

Video

Straight Up, from Brooklyn: Ethnic Media in a Changing City

The latest episode of Straight Up looks at New York City’s ethnic media: how their role is different from the mainstream media, the challenges they face and how they are…

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Dec 2014

In Depth Uncategorized

UrbaNERD: On Broadband and Race, Cops and Suicide

A study finds that New York State is a pretty unequal place when it comes to high-speed broadband. And behind this week’s headlines are important stories about police suicides, NYPD…

ByJarrett Murphy 1Comment

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Dec 2014

Justice

The Garner Decision: Read the Law

Criminally negligent homicide and second-degree manslaughter are two criminal charges that Officer Daniel Pantaleo might have faced. How does state law actually define those offenses?

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Dec 2014

Justice

No Indictment in Garner Case: The City Reacts

Reaction to the grand jury decision ranged from outrage to sympathy. Some called for a special prosecutor, others for the firing of the officer involved.

ByJarrett Murphy 3Comments

‘Straight Up!’ Talk About Covering Race, Violence, Policing

New York’s Attempt to Diversify Legal Profession

Elevating Teen Leaders’ Voices After Ferguson, Garner

Subconscious Biases Might Affect When Cops Pull Trigger

UrbaNERD: What You Missed While Kanye Was Talking

‘Hands Up’ Goes Beyond Incident that Triggered It

Straight Up, from Brooklyn: Ethnic Media in a Changing City

UrbaNERD: On Broadband and Race, Cops and Suicide

The Garner Decision: Read the Law

No Indictment in Garner Case: The City Reacts

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