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Social Media’s Impact on Gang Activities and Youth Identity and Poor News Network

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Social Media is a huge part of everyday life, impacting Americans in both positive and negative manners.  On today’s show we speak with Dr. Desmond Upton Patton of SAFE Lab about the role social media plays in the facilitation of youth behavior and gang violence. Guests: Dr. Professor Desmond Upton Patton’s research uses qualitative and computational data … Continued

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Capitol Hill Organized Protest (CHOP); and Poor News Network

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We speak with organizer and journalist Omar about The Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone (CHAZ), also known as Free Capitol Hill, the Capitol Hill Occupied Protest, and the Capitol Hill Organized Protest (CHOP), an occupation protest and self-declared autonomous zone in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, United States. Later we hear from Poor News … Continued

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The Department of Justice report on Baltimore policing methods; and State-Sanctioned War on the Poor

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On today’s show we speak with civil rights attorney Nicole Lee about the Department of Justice discovery that the Baltimore Police Department engaged in unconstitutional practices that lead to disproportionate rates of stops, searches and arrests of African-Americans, and excessive use of force against juveniles and people with mental health disabilities. Later we hear from … Continued