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Hurricane Katrina’s 10th Anniversary: How Much Has Really Changed?

BY: AMANDA POWELL It has been ten years since the country watched Hurricane Katrina rip through New Orleans. It has also been ten years since Kanye West made the infamous statement, “George Bush doesn’t care about black people.” Whether you believed that statement to be true at the time or not, there are current racial […]

Ferguson Events Call for a Change in the Self-Defense Standard

BY MARK L. BALSOM – The recent events in Ferguson, Missouri have placed law enforcement policy at the forefront of national discussion. For the United States, a country that prides itself on significant equality improvement, it is clear that major policy improvements are needed. These changes must begin with the justice and law enforcement systems. […]