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At Sandra Bland Vigils, Activists Say Seeds Of Change Must Be Sown In Person

6:56pm August 15, 2015

by Syeda Hasan

Bland, a black woman, was found dead last month in her jail cell. Since then, demonstrators have held vigils outside the jail where she was held. They say there's a limit to social media activism.

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The Transformation Of The LAPD — And The Work That Remains

6:56pm August 15, 2015

by NPR Staff

Joe Domanick's Blue traces the history of the Los Angeles police and the shift away from a "disastrous policy" of using military-style tactics. The author shares lessons for departments nationwide.

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National

Feds And Local Law Enforcement Spar Over Immigrant Crime

10:36am August 15, 2015

by Richard Gonzales

Two murders in California are stoking debate about undocumented immigrants and how state and local authorities cooperate — or don't — with federal officials.

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Immigration Officials Arrest 50 Suspected Of Human Rights Violations

4:01pm August 14, 2015

by Scott Neuman

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) says the suspects are believed to have been involved in torture and aiding regimes that carried out ethnic cleansing.

Curtis Carroll — also known as "Wall Street" — teaches prisoners at San Quentin State Prison about stocks.

Inmate With Stock Tips Wants To Be San Quentin's Warren Buffett

2:20pm August 14, 2015

by The Kitchen Sisters

Curtis Carroll taught himself to read in prison. He also discovered a passion for finance. Now inmates and guards seek out his advice, and everyone calls him Wall Street.

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Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon On Ferguson: 'We've Listened, We've Learned'

6:55pm August 13, 2015

It has been a trying year for Missouri after the shooting death of Michael Brown last August led to a period of unrest. NPR's Robert Siegel interviews Gov. Nixon on how the state is making progress.

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Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis as she goes into the U.S. District Court in July with her lawyer. Davis says that issuing same-sex marriage licenses violates her religious beliefs.

National

Kentucky Clerk Denies Marriage License To Two Couples, Despite Judge's Order

5:32pm August 13, 2015

by Lucy Perkins

Kim Davis, a clerk in Rowan County, has said that issuing the licenses would violate her Christian faith. A federal judge says she must begin issuing licenses.

Politics & Government

Connecticut Supreme Court Ruling Bars Execution Of 11 Death Row Inmates

3:54pm August 13, 2015

by Brakkton Booker

The inmates had been subject to execution because their capital offenses occurred before the state repealed the death penalty in 2012. The new ruling says the current law is unconstitutional.

National

New York Inmates Allegedly Assaulted By Corrections Officers After Prison Break

3:44pm August 13, 2015

by Brian Mann

Dozens of inmates claim they suffered violence after the prison break in Dannemora, N.Y., earlier this summer. State officials say they have been investigating the claims for weeks. They will not say who perpetrated the alleged abuse, or who authorized the decision to move inmates housed near the escapees to other prisons or to solitary confinement. Two prison workers are charged with helping the escaped inmates, but no other prisoners have been charged.

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Courtroom Artist Criticized For Tom Brady Sketch

8:20am August 13, 2015

A critic on Twitter said Jane Rosenberg created "the worst sketch of Tom Brady ever." Rosenberg told Boston.com she thinks the outrage over the sketch of the Patriot's quarterback is pretty funny.

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