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Category "About the News"
NYPD cop killer does not represent us
On either side of the thin blue line that separates police from civilian, we all have the [...]
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Beverly Johnson changes things on Cosby
Beverly Johnson is a game changer. Before Johnson hit the cover of American Vogue in 1974, black women [...]
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Solomon and son talk Ferguson on Nightline
In the wake of Ferguson, I worry about my son. Those words, from a Philadelphia Daily News [...]
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I saw myself in the Eric Garner tragedy
THE IMAGE was horrific. An unarmed father of six, choked from behind by a police officer on [...]
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Fall back Sharpton. Time for the youth to lead
Thanks to the decisions by grand juries in Ferguson, Mo., and New York City, the Rev. Al [...]
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Solomon debates Garner decision on WHYY
On Radio Times with Marty Moss-Coane, Solomon joined a panel of guests that included Camden County [...]
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Commissioner Charles Ramsey on Garner
On Thursday's Wake Up With WURD on 900 am WURD, Solomon Jones interviewed Philadelphia Police Commissioner Charles [...]
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After Ferguson, I worry about my son
DARREN WILSON'S resignation from the Ferguson, Mo., police department didn't soothe the pain I felt in the [...]
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Eric Garner grand jury decision: Not again
Not again. Not another unarmed man killed by those whose salaries we pay. Not another death swept aside [...]
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Ferguson grand jury verdict is a call to action
St. Louis County Prosecutor Robert McCulloch announced Monday night that Ferguson (Mo.) Police Officer Darren Wilson has [...]
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Bill Cosby rape stories no laughing matter
“We’re coming at you with music and fun… And if you’re not careful, you may learn something before [...]
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