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  • Police and press fell short in Gates' arrest

    By Santita Jackson

    2:00 AM on 07/31/2009

    It is difficult to wrap ourselves around Gates' arrest because there is nil to no consensus about the facts. The two weeks since the arrest leave me with many questions. Questions if raised and investigated - let alone answered - would give this story a different ending. Was the press...

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  • The truth about black fathers

    By Santita Jackson

    3:40 PM on 06/20/2009

    To paraphrase Caesar, as he stood over the gallant Marc Antony, I come not to bury our Fathers, but to praise them, on this "Father's Day." Now, more than ever before, it is time to tell the truth about African American fathers. I think of my own my father, who...

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  • For black America, torture is not so foreign

    By Santita Jackson

    8:15 AM on 06/10/2009

    Amendment IV: "The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the...

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