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Law
5:00 pm
Tue June 4, 2013

ACLU Report Finds Major Race Disparity In Marijuana Arrests

Credit Colleen Danger, via flickr, Creative Commons
African Americans are 3.7 times more likely to be arrested for marijuana than white people.

A new report from the ACLU says African Americans are more likely than whites to be arrested for marijuana possession in North Carolina.  The survey released today says African Americans were arrested at three times the rate of whites in 2010.  A US Health Department report from the same year showed similar rates of marijuana use among both ethnic groups nationwide. 

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The State of Things
11:56 am
Wed May 8, 2013

The Complex Identities Of Some Of America's Most Famous Black Men

Have you ever thought of Jay-Z having multiple personalities? There's Jay-Z, Sean Carter, Hova, and Jigga. And they're all wrapped up inside one black man. In Mark Anthony Neal's latest book "Looking For Leroy: Illegible Black Masculinities," he explores the complex identities of figures like Jay-Z, Avery Brooks and Luther Vandross (NYU Press; 2013).

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The State of Things
11:38 am
Thu May 2, 2013

Why Comic Books Don’t Have Heroic Female Characters

Comic book fans know the pleasure of becoming absorbed in an alternate world. One where weirdos and freaks reign supreme as superheroes and saviors. It’s the perfect escape for somebody that doesn’t feel as though they quite fit in. For Jeremy Whitley, comics were engrossing, so much so that he wanted to make his own. But then he had a daughter.

  • Female comic book characters

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Education
11:30 am
Fri April 12, 2013

Duke Marks 50 Years Since Integration

Credit Duke University

Duke University celebrates 50 years of black students on Saturday, with an address by U.S. Senator William "Mo" Cowan.  The Massachusetts Democrat is a 1991 Duke graduate and one of two African-Americans currently in the U.S. Senate.

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