Zaid Jilani
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Driving out payday lenders — 1IL
Secretary of State offices seem made to order to provide much-needed banking services
PlayStation Plus Collection details revealed + your November PlayStation Plus games
PS Plus members who own a PS5 console will get the PS5 version of Bugsnax; all PS Plus members get Middle-earth: Shadow of War and Hollow Knight: Voidheart Edition as part of November's lineup.
Zaid Jilani
Sony distributing Bugsnax for free to all PS Plus subscribers is basically guaranteeing they win the console wars. Bugsnax is their Patton.
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Virginia shooting restarts media blame game
In the rush to explain massacres like the one at Virginia Tech, experts including popular TV psychologist Dr. Phil McGraw dusted off a familiar scapegoat -- violent video games, movies and other media.
Zaid Jilani
Today it looks absurd, but then today we have people who call themselves scholars claiming Q Anon is the next Nazi movement. Journalists are incredibly quick to publish sensationalist nonsense if it comes from someone claiming elite credentials.
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Philly Police responded to Walter Wallace Jr.’s house three times Monday, sources say. During the last visit, officers fatally shot him.
Officers had responded to Walter Wallace Jr.'s home in West Philadelphia three times Monday for reports of disturbances, according to law enforcement sources.
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The Philadelphia Inquirer includes a small detail midway through this write-up: many Philly police don't have tasers but they asked the city for the funding to equip them (the article does not say how the city responded).
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CAIR warns American Muslims against traveling to France
Country's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization issues travel advisory on its website - Anadolu Agency
Philly slashed its jail population by almost 20 percent in just 2 years
And city officials are only partway toward their goal.
Officer Involved Shootings | Philadelphia Police Department
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Police shootings in Philadelphia have been declining for years, from a high of 59 in 2012 to 12 in 2018 phillypolice.com/ois/ pic.twitter.com/oR3jfiNYg7
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Stigma Impacts Psychological, Physical Health of Multiracial People
Zaid Jilani
I think it would be healthy for Americans to acknowledge that race is a very fluid concept, to the extent it can even be acknowledged at all. This study shows one reason why it's important.
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Why Do States Privatize their Prisons? The Unintended Consequences of Inmate Litigation | Perspectives on Politics | Cambridge Core
Why Do States Privatize their Prisons? The Unintended Consequences of Inmate Litigation
What do Americans make of QAnon? | YouGov
Two thirds of Americans (68%) have heard at least a little about QAnon, the conspiracy theory that claims that top Democrats are involved in a child sex trafficking ring, according to the latest Economist/YouGov poll.
Joe Biden for President: Official Campaign Website The Shooting of Walter Wallace Jr. - Statement from Vice President Biden and Senator Harris |
Our hearts are broken for the family of Walter Wallace Jr., and for all those suffering the emotional weight of learning about another Black life in America lost. We cannot accept that in this country a mental health crisis ends in death. It makes...
Erdoğan’s approval rate drops to lowest since October 2018
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's approval rate has dropped to the lowest it's been since October 2018, revealed "Turkey's Pulse 2020" survey by Metropoll research company. His approval rate rose as high as 48 percent during Ankara's...
Zaid Jilani
I wonder why Erdogan jumped into the French controversy over Islam? Oh, this is why
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Sen. David Perdue Led Dollar Tree’s Outsourcing Effort into China
The Georgia Republican’s campaign rhetoric around China contrasts sharply with his business record.
Manchester Arena Inquiry: Security 'did not approach bomber over racism fears'
A security guard says he "had a bad feeling" about Salman Abedi, Manchester inquiry hears.
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Zaid Jilani
It's not the worst thing in the world to simply ask someone what they're doing and make sure everything is okay. It's certainly better than dozens of people killed, many more injured. Few Muslims would prefer the latter to the former.
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Poplar Shootings 2015-2020
Map created by WHYY News in CARTO
Zaid Jilani
Imagine a child growing up in this environment. Do you think they are given the opportunity to fulfill their potential? newsworks.carto.com/viz/942be961-3… pic.twitter.com/DG2rFla6Ii
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A peace walk through feuding North Philly communities, because stopping the violence 'starts with us'
“Listen, young brother, you got to give yourself a chance at life.”
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"Shootings in this square mile of North Philadelphia’s Poplar area are up 400% this year compared to 2015. One particularly violent street corner in Richard Allen has seen at least 10 shootings alone."
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Hunter Biden Group Touted Joe Biden In Investment Pitch To Chinese Firm
Hunter Biden and partners seeking a $10 million investment deal with a Chinese energy firm touted Joe Biden's friendly relations with Colombia's president.
As India drifts into autocracy, nonviolent protest is the most powerful resistance | Amartya Sen
The Hindu nationalist regime has cultivated religious animosity – undermining the nation’s secular traditions, says economist Amartya Sen
How did a suspect’s suicide lead to Minneapolis rioting?
Some same it’s distrust in the system. Others say it’s people hijacking the message.
Zaid Jilani
In the past few months they had two cases: Minneapolis and Chicago, where people made false claims about a police shooting and there were resulting riots. No change in policies from FB/TW
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