The Gun Violence Archive recorded these incidents this weekend, from 5 p.m., on Friday until 5am on Wednesday across 13 states as well as Washington DC. The archive’s tally of mass killings over the 4th July weekend started in Washington DC, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Maryland (twice), Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, and Texas (twice).
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Despite widespread poverty, globalization and a thriving middle class have been instrumental in shaping liberal democratic practices within the Jamaican government. Cultural exchange through travel, migration, and mass media plays a key role in shaping the modern ideologies of Jamaican citizens regarding responsible governance, individual freedoms, and liberties.
Roughly 80 percent of Americans live in urban areas and roughly 80 percent of those city dwellers live neighborhoods with less than 20 percent tree cover. And those places with minimal tree canopy experience significantly higher temperatures than green neighborhoods just miles away. That’s true in big cities like Newark and New Orleans and smaller ones like Burlington, Vt., and Erie, Pa.
I don’t care where you live in the north, south, east, or west, if you glance at everyone’s feet, someone will be wearing flip-flops. You’ll see them in Walmart, in the Dollar Store and you’ll even see flip-flops in high-end boutique malls.
Although the decision is extremely controversial, and there is much to be said about the High Court’s rationale, the intent of this commentary is not to question the wisdom or legal efficacy of the recent decision but to address what I consider the decision’s redeeming value and potential positive impact on HBCUs.
As part of our ongoing commitment to transparency and accountability, the Broward Sheriff’s Office has published the 2021-22 Annual Report detailing how we protect and serve the community. In its pages, you will find the facts, from the crime-fighting statistics specific to your city to the bold agency-wide initiatives benefitting residents and visitors in Broward County.
The decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to end affirmative action in higher education is much more than just a bad ruling; this is an embarrassment on a global scale.
The “Ivy League” is a group of slavery-infected institutions that will be happy to abide by court rulings that would decrease the admittance of Black students.
Democrats are fighting a political war with worn out tools. I don’t advocate that we stoop to the levels that Republicans have but I do suggest that a real reassessment be taken so that we can start winning again.
A year in which there are only three races for governor’s seats, all in the Deep South, wouldn’t normally create a lot of political speculation. Kentucky’s popular Democratic incumbent may have a tough race, and chalking up Louisiana and its neighbor to the east to a Republican would be typical conventional wisdom.