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The Forgotten Legacy: How the Negro Leagues Shaped America's Pastime

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Written by: Robert Jennings, InnerSelf.com

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Baseball, often dubbed America's pastime, carries a rich and diverse history that has shaped the nation's identity. 

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Why Police On School Grounds Poses Risks To Children

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Written by: Elizabeth K. Anthony, Arizona State University

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Increased police monitoring of young people leads to more school discipline referrals and arrests, typically of Black and Latino youth.

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Why Your Digital Footprints Are More Than A Privacy Risk

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Written by: Ravi Sen, Texas A&M University

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When you use the internet, you leave behind a trail of data, a set of digital footprints. These include your social media activities, web browsing behavior, health information, travel patterns, location maps, information about your mobile device use, photos, audio and video.

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What do police actions do to community health?

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Written by: Jake Ellison-U. Washington

A line of police with riot shields on the street cast shadows onto the asphalt

A new conceptual model depicts the complex relationship between policing and population health.

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People don’t realize they’re data breach victims

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Written by: Laurel Thomas, University of Michigan

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Most participants in a recent study had no idea that their email addresses and other personal information had been compromised in an average of five data breaches each.

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Millennials Commit Less Crime Than Past Generations

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Written by: Victoria Yu, University of Texas at Austin

Millennials Commit Less Crime Than Past Generations

The best way to reduce crime in the future is probably what caused it to drop in the first place: helping our families, neighborhoods, and schools raise kids who are respectful of others and don't need to steal to get by

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Police Academies Dedicate Only 3.21% of Training to Ethics and Public Service

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Written by: Galia Cohen, Tarleton State University

Police Academies Dedicate Only 3.21% Of Training To Ethics And Public Service

Police academies provide little training in the kinds of skills necessary to meet officers’ growing public service role, according to my research.

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How A Silent Movie Informs The Current Debate Over The Right To Be Forgotten

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Written by: Bill Kovarik

How A Silent Movie Informs The Current Debate Over The Right To Be Forgotten

In 1915, Gabrielle Darley killed a New Orleans man who had tricked her into a life of prostitution. She was tried, acquitted of murder and within a few years was living a new life under her married name, Melvin.

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So You Think Your Internet Passwords Are Secure?

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Written by: Paul Haskell-Dowland and Brianna O'Shea

So You Think Your Internet Passwords Are Secure?

Passwords have been used for thousands of years as a means of identifying ourselves to others and in more recent times, to computers.

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The Ugly Truth: Tech Companies Are Tracking And Misusing Our Data, And There's Little We Can Do

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Written by: Suranga Seneviratne

The Ugly Truth: Tech Companies Are Tracking And Misusing Our Data, And There's Little We Can Do

As survey results pile, it’s becoming clear Australians are sceptical about how their online data is tracked and used. But one question worth asking is: are our fears founded?

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Why We Need To Teach Police Nonviolence And How To Work With Local Residents

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Written by: Jennifer Earl et al

Why We Need To Teach Police Nonviolence And How To Work With Local Residents

Calls to reform, defund or even outright abolish police in the U.S. are coming from many corners of American society.

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Police Rules Fall Short Of Human Rights Law In 20 Big Cities

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Written by: U. Chicago

Police Rules Fall Short Of Human Rights Law In 20 Big Cities

Police use-of-force policies in the nation’s 20 largest cities fail to meet international human rights standards, according to a new report.

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Supreme Court Ruling On Dreamers Sends A Clear Message To The White House: You Have To Tell The Truth

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Written by: Morgan Marietta

Supreme Court Ruling On Dreamers Sends A Clear Message To The White House: You Have To Tell The Truth

In a 5-to-4 decision that came as a major blow to President Trump, the justices ruled that the administration could not proceed with plans to dismantle Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA.

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Why Catholic Priests Are Kneeling With Protesters

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Written by: Anna L. Peterson

Why Catholic Priests Are Kneeling With Protesters

Two days after the Catholic bishop of El Paso, Mark Seitz, knelt with a dozen other priests in a silent prayer for George Floyd holding a “Black Lives Matter” sign, he received a phone call from Pope Francis.

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Why Police Brutality Isn’t About A Few Bad Apples

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Written by: Michelle Samuels

Why Police Brutality Isn’t About A Few Bad Apples

The problem of police brutality against black Americans isn’t caused by “a few bad apples” on police forces, a new paper argues.

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Militarization Has Fostered A Policing Culture That Sets Up Protesters As The Enemy

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Written by: Tom Nolan

How Militarization Has Fostered A Policing Culture That Sets Up Protesters As The Enemy

The unrest sparked by the death of George Floyd after being pinned to the ground by the knee of a Minneapolis police officer has left parts of U.S. cities looking like a battle zone.

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Why Surveillance Smart Tech Won’t Make Cities Safer

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Written by: Bonnie Stewart

Why Surveillance Smart Tech Won’t Make Cities Safer
Ring promises to keep more neighbourhoods safe, but will smart surveillance systems really make you safer?

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How Police Surveillance Technologies Act As Tools Of White Supremacy

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Written by: Constantine Gidaris

How Police Surveillance Technologies Act As Tools Of White Supremacy

A 2019 surge of gang-related shootings in Toronto motivated the Ontario government to commit $3 million to double the number of Toronto Police surveillance cameras in the city.

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The Smart Speaker In Your Home May Not Be As Secure As You Think

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Written by: NBC News

Researchers discovered that Amazon’s Alexa, Apple’s Siri and Google Home can be hacked by laser pointers and flashlights.

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What Personal Data You Give Away When You Hand Out Your Cell Phone Number

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Written by: NBC News

We give out our cell phone numbers all the time, but those 10 digits also give companies a ton of information about us and how we live our lives.

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Why Support For The Death Penalty Is Much Higher Among White Americans

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Written by: Kevin O'Neal Cokley

Why Support For The Death Penalty Is Much Higher Among White Americans
Sentencing a person to die is the ultimate punishment. There is no coming back from the permanence of the death penalty.

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