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'Justice for Trayvon' Rallies, Protests Sweep the Nation 23 Jul 2013 | 06:54 am
Demonstrations draw thousands in both large and small U.S. cities By BVN Staff The weekend rallies and protests demanding “Justice for Trayvon” attracted thousands of supporters and spectators from ...
President Obama Makes Historic Public Speech on Trayvon Martin Controversy 20 Jul 2013 | 05:59 am
Rev. Al Sharpton mobilizing 100-city protest across the U.S. this weekend By BVN Staff The ongoing controversy over the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the death of Trayvon Martin, a black 17-year-...
Jury Finds Zimmerman Not Guilty of Murdering Trayvon Martin 14 Jul 2013 | 08:23 am
Police, communities urge patience and calm following verdict By BVN Staff SANFORD, FLA – George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watchman at the center of a racially-charged trial involving the alleged m...
Police Training in Urban Neighborhoods: Who Benefits? 22 May 2013 | 08:43 pm
Tactical training by law enforcement viewed as a necessary tool to protect civilians in emergency response situations By Corey Arvin Contributor Writer The echo of bomb blasts adorned a tightly-knit...
Race-Related Politics in America More Visible Than Ever 11 Apr 2013 | 12:34 am
In the Era of Obama, experts examine how much minority voting has become a sleeping giant By Corey Arvin Contributing Writer Injecting the conversation of race and diversity into any election has be...
Housing Recovery: Is the American Dream Floating Away? 5 Apr 2013 | 07:16 pm
By Rory O'Sullivan Like many Americans, Gillian Minter with Fair Housing Council of Riverside County was living the American dream of homeownership until she found herself struggling to make her mort...
Educating the Next Generation 15 Mar 2013 | 05:33 pm
Issues Affecting Black Students at Home Threaten Their Advancement It’s perhaps the most serious problem facing our community: education of the next generation. And, frankly, the outlook isn’t so goo...
Despite New Pardons, Obama's Clemency Rate is Still Lowest in Recent History 13 Mar 2013 | 03:51 pm
By Cora Currier, ProPublica On March 1, President Obama pardoned 17 people. But despite the new pardons, the Obama administration has still granted clemency more rarely than any president in recent h...
California's Black Educators Come Together to Make a Difference for African-American Students 1 Mar 2013 | 09:00 pm
At annual conference focused on closing the achievement gap by addressing institutional discrimination and other barriers Sacramento -- Informative townhall meetings, close encounters between politic...
Law Enforcement Remembers Deputy Killed by Dorner 22 Feb 2013 | 08:59 pm
Deputy Jeremiah MacKay remembered as a man with a ‘big heart’ By BVN Staff As the local law enforcement community was mourning the loss of one of their own with the untimely death of Riverside Polic...
