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For roughly two hours, acclaimed filmmakers Steve James and Alex Kotlowitz give us a deep and intimate glimpse into the persistent epidemics of violence in America’s inner city black communities.
Posted on Sep 7, 2012
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AP / David Goldman
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By Bill Boyarsky — The courageous people who work day and night in overcrowded urban emergency wards are forced to confront society’s failures.
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AP / Thomas Watkins
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By Bill Boyarsky — While Occupy Wall Street and similar movements around the country take aim at financial institutions and their political cronies for taking the country into recession, let’s not forget those at the very bottom who were victims of economic depression long before the current collapse.
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The U.S. ambassador to Mexico, Carlos Pascual, has resigned in the wake of WikiLeaked comments he made expressing doubts about Mexico’s ability to fight the country’s drug cartels.
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AP / Silvia Izquierdo
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Having used thousands of heavily armed men, Brazil claims to have wrested control of a notorious slum area in Rio de Janeiro from drug gangs in an operation that lasted five days and killed more than two dozen people.
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White House / Pete Souza
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By Eugene Robinson — Entrenched black poverty, with all its causes and implications, barely makes a ripple in the public debate these days.
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Manny Francisco, Manila, The Phillippines —
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The death toll in Kenya has risen to roughly 800 as violence and rioting continue following a disputed and ethnically charged election. The two candidates in that contest refuse to come to agreement, and some of their supporters have formed gangs along tribal and clan lines.
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