Chicago Youth Challenge Images of Violence in Their Local News Cycle
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The soaring crime rate in the city of Chicago has become national news, but are local news stations helping or hurting the problem with nonstop…read more
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“Joplin Was Able To Rise From the Ashes”
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At least 161 people are killed and hundreds more injured as a three-quarter-mile-wide tornado hits Joplin, Mo. The tornado is among the deadliest in the…read more
“Sometimes I feel like the only Muslim in the world”
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In light of news coverage that often over-emphasizes the race, ethnicity or religion of criminals and terrorists in the U.S. and abroad, some Muslim Americans…read more
Students Urge Public to “Wake Up” to Dangers of Global Warming
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Muse Video, a TV show and online platform within the Media Enterprise Alliance in Oakland, Calif., brings together the world of music and current events. The…read more
Students React to Mark Wahlberg’s Stay in School Pep-Talk
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Students at T.C. Williams High School in Alexandria, Va., got a visit last week from actor Mark Wahlberg who dropped out of high school, but…read more
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