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May 29 2015

Our Gang Problem Is Bigger Than We Think

Sonali's Columns | Published 29 May 2015, 12:00 pm | Comments Off on Our Gang Problem Is Bigger Than We Think -

Published by Truthdig.com on May 29, 2015

It was not long ago that gang violence was considered the scourge of urban cities in the U.S. The mantra of the 1980s, that “America has a gang problem,” was an invocation used to justify excessive policing in poor communities of color and led to reams of research papers on how to solve the problem. Many nonprofit organizations that were focused …

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May 29 2015

Newsflash: Int’l Meeting On Rohingya Crisis, ISIS Claims Saudi Bombing, ACLU Finds Racist Policing in Minneapolis