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  • Regent Law School Professor James Duane: Why you should NOT talk to police, ever. (Video)

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Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black People in America from the Civil War to World War II (Video)0
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Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black People in America from the Civil War to World War II (Video)

Directed by Sam Pollard, produced by Catherine Allan and Douglas Blackmon, written by Sheila Curran Bernard,  the tpt National Productions project is based on the 2009 Pulitzer Prize-winning book by Blackmon. Slavery by Another Name challenges one of our country’s most cherished assumptions: the belief that slavery ended with Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation of 1863. The documentary recounts how in [...]

Banking & Finance

Wall Street’s Secret Oil Games0

Wall Street’s Secret Oil Games

Many Americans have been looking for relief at the pump for the last few years, but they continue to wait for gas prices to come back down to what they used to be a decade ago. Check out the article below to see why the price of a gallon of gas has not and probably will not decrease anytime soon. [...]

Law & Government

Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black People in America from the Civil War to World War II (Book)3

Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black People in America from the Civil War to World War II (Book)

The Book Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black People in America from the Civil War to World War II Author: Douglas A. Blackmon Publisher: Doubleday, $29.95 (512p) ISBN 978-0-385-50625-0 On Sale: March 25, 2008 The Age of Neo-Slavery In this groundbreaking historical expose, Douglas A. Blackmon brings to light one of the most shameful chapters in American history—when [...]

News & Media

Save the Internet: End Piracy, Not Liberty0

Save the Internet: End Piracy, Not Liberty

Millions of Americans oppose SOPA and PIPA because these bills would censor the Internet and slow economic growth in the U.S. Two bills before Congress, known as the Protect IP Act (PIPA) in the Senate and the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the House, would censor the Web and impose harmful regulations on American business. Millions of Internet users [...]

Entertainment & Sports

NCAA Exploitation of Student Athletes1

NCAA Exploitation of Student Athletes

The NCAA was established in 1906, under the decree of President Theodore Roosevelt, to protect the best interest of student athletes.  Check out this article by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Taylor Branch, that depicts a story of how the NCAA has evolved into an organization that exploits student athletes for financial gain. Excerpt from article: The Shame of College Sports A [...]