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Why the NYC specialized high school exam is discriminatory and must be terminated.

#Black Brunch: Disrupting White Spaces

Eric Garner’s family files $75 million civil suit against NYC, NYPD

City of New York reaches $40M settlement with Central Park Five

Report: Fewer black, Latino students admitted to NYC’s top schools

Charges dropped, residents released from jail after ‘cocaine’ proves to be soap

CNN guest self defense instructor compares ‘Knockout’ game to animal kingdom

Court blocks stop-and-frisk ruling

NYC’s Leticia James makes history as first black woman to hold citywide office

21-Year Old Transgender Woman Beaten to Death in Harlem

Michael Bloomberg Says He Might Feel Differently About Stop and Frisk If He Had a Son

Sybrina Fulton – Mother of Trayvon Martin – Speaks Out on ‘Stop and Frisk’ Policy

NYC Public Library System Drops $300M on Midtown Branch, While Harlem Library is Outrageously Underfunded

Parents and Teachers Hold Protest Against NYC Principal for Targeting Black Teachers; Calling Them “Gorillas”

Principal Fires Three Black Teachers; Uses Racist, Abusive Language Towards Them

Bronx “Ghetto” Bus Tour Shut Down After Outrage

Bronx Bus Tour Shows NYC Tourists What a “Real Ghetto” Looks Like

14 Year-Old D’Asia Robinson Killed by Stray Bullet While Riding City Bus

Brooklyn Teacher Fined $10,000 For Letting 3rd Grader Hit Bully Back

NY Mayor Bloomberg: Critics of Stop and Frisk are Encouraging “Lawless Mayhem State”

Mothers of Young Men Slain by NYPD Call on Artists to Submit Songs for Justice

NYPD Claims Man Killed Himself by Running into Stopped Police Car, Contradicting Earlier Report

Wu-Tang Clan’s GZA Uses Hip Hop to Teach Science in NYC Public Schools

NYPD Whistleblowers Say Stop and Frisk Abuse Was Propelled by Quota System; Called ‘Rats’ by Fellow Officers

City Treasurer Stephanie Neely Calls for Version of “Stop and Frisk” Program in Chicago

Teacher Under Fire for Giving Students Slavery Word Problems

NYCLU Lauches Stop and Frisk Watch Mobile App; Allows Users to Monitor Police Activity

NYC Mayor Bloomberg Bans Food Donations to Homeless

NAACP Sides w/ Soft Drink Companies; Opposes NYC Sugary Drink Restrictions

NYPD Stop and Frisk Program in The Bronx Ruled Unconstitutional

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