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08Jun/20

Nation’s Mayors Assemble New Police Reform and Racial Justice Working Group

June 8, 2020CrimeAbuse, Baltimore, Chicago, Cincinnati, City: Baltimore, City: Chicago, City: Cincinnati, City: Phoenix, City: Tampa, Columbia, Company: Racial Justice Working Group, Company: US Conference, Continent: America, Country: Colombia, Country: United States, Human behavior, Law/Crime, Person Location, Phoenix, Police brutality, Political repression, Politics, Social Issues, Tampa, United States, united states conference of mayorssmbale

Today, the United States Conference of Mayors (USCM) launched a new initiative to produce, advance and enact meaningful reforms to address police violence and patterns of racial discrimination. The Police Reform and Racial Justice Working Group will take on the urgent task of outlining a series of specific recommendations related to America’s policing practices to help end the injustices facing black Americans. The Working Group is composed of the mayors of Chicago, Tampa, and Cincinnati, and the police chiefs of Baltimore, Phoenix and Columbia and will be assisted by other experts in the field with the goal of releasing actionable recommendations in the coming weeks. Read more

10Dec/16

Spider-Man: Homecoming trailer is released

December 10, 2016FilmsAlternative versions of Spider-Man, Columbia, Columbia Pictures, Comics, Entertainment/Culture, Fiction, Fictional characters, Fictional cyborgs, Film, Homecoming, Human Interest, IMAX films, Iron Man, Marvel Studios, Peter Parker, Robert Downey Jr, Spider-Ham, Spider-Man, Spider-Man films, Spider-Man in film, Spider-Man in other media, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Tom Holland, Tony Mansmbale

The first trailer for Spider-Man: Homecoming, starring Tom Holland, is released.

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06Dec/16

Beyonce leads Grammys with 9 noms

December 6, 2016MusicAdele, Bey, Beyonce, Blackstar, Brit Award for British Album of the Year, Business, Columbia, David Bowie, Drake, English-language films, Entertainment/Culture, Grammy Award, Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album, Human Interest, Jane Witherspoon, Justin Bieber, Kanye West, Los Angeles, Lukas Graham, Music, Musicians, Pablo, Queen Bey, Reese Witherspoon, Rihanna, Roc Nation, Singing, Sturgill Simpson, Warner Bros.smbale

Beyonce became the most-nominated female artist in Grammy award history as she received a leading nine nods for this year’s awards. Jane Witherspoon reports. Continue reading →

21Dec/15

Host Steve Harvey (L) speaks to the audience after Miss Colombia Ariadna Gutierrez (R) was crowned Miss Universe

Host on the spot after Miss Universe glitch

December 21, 2015FashionAriadna Gutiérrez, Ariadna Gutierrez Arévalo, Beauty pageants, Binibining Pilipinas winners, Colombia, Columbia, Competitions, Entertainers, Mana Rabiee, Manila, Miss Colombia, Miss Universe, Miss Universe Organization, PAULA CORREA, Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach, Pia Wurtzbach, Steve Harvey, Sucre, TWITTER INC.smbale

The host of the Miss Universe pageant mistakenly announces Miss Colombia as the winner before correcting the mistake and announcing that the crown really goes to Miss Philippines. Mana Rabiee reports.
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10Nov/15

Students react after University of Missouri president resignes following race protest

November 10, 2015World2015–16 University of Missouri protests, Columbia, Columbia, Missouri, Decades, Education in the United States, Ferguson, Marshall Allen, Missouri, St. Louis, United States, University of Missouri, V-12 Navy College Training Program, Wolfesmbale

Many welcomed the move of the University of Missouri’s president who resigned after protests over his handling of racial tensions on campus.

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19Jul/15

Flag dispute triggers clash at South Carolina capitol

July 19, 2015WorldAmerican nationalism, American society, Anti-Islam sentiment, Antisemitism in the United States, Carolina, Christian terrorism, Colombia, Columbia, Detroit, Discrimination against LGBT people in the United States, Discrimination in the United States, Dylann Roof, Flags of the Confederate States of America, History of the United States, Islamophobia in the United States, Kelley Hughes, Ku Klux Klan, National Socialist Movement, Politics, Politics of the United States, Race in the United States, Reconstruction, Roof, Social Issues, South Carolina, South Carolina State House, southern poverty, Southern Poverty Law Center, Terrorism in the United States, United States, United States Capitol, White supremacy in the United Statessmbale

A Ku Klux Klan chapter and an African-American group held overlapping demonstrations outside the South Carolina State House, where state officials removed the Confederate battle flag last week.

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10Jul/15

Acting legend Omar Sharif dead at 83

July 10, 2015FilmsAlexandria, American film directors, Arts, Barbara Streisand, Barbra Streisand, British films, Cairo, Columbia, Creative works, Doctor Zhivago, Egypt, English-language films, Entertainment/Culture, Film, Films, Funny Girl, Human Interest, Lawrence of Arabia, London, Michel Shalhoub, Omar Sharif, Shalhoub, Zhivagosmbale

(REUTERS / WARNER BROTHERS / COLUMBIA/TRISTAR) – The world knew him best for his title role as Doctor Zhivago…. but Omar Sharif’s career spanned some 120 films over six decades.
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09Jul/15

South Carolina governor signs bill to remove Confederate flag

July 9, 2015PoliticsAmerican women in politics, Carolina, Chaney Adams, Columbia, Flags of the Confederate States of America, Modern display of the Confederate battle flag, Nikki Haley, South Carolina, South Carolina State House, State government in the United States, United Statessmbale

South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley signs legislation permanently removing the Confederate battle flag from the state capitol grounds, following an emotional debate spurred by the massacre of nine black churchgoers last month.

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06Apr/15

Rolling Stone retracts University of Virginia rape story deemed a ‘journalistic failure’

April 6, 2015MediaA Rape on Campus, Charlottesville, Columbia, Crimes against women, Defamation, Entertainment/Culture, Ethics, Human sexuality, Jackie, Jann Wenner, Magazines, Mass media, Men's Health, NIGERIAN BOTTLING COMPANY PLC, Periodicals, Phi Kappa Psi, PRISA, Publishing, Rape, Rolling Stone, Sabrina Erdely, Sabrina Rubin Erdely, Sean Woods, Steve Coll, United States, University of Virginia, Virginia, Will Danasmbale

Rolling Stone retracted an explosive article Sunday (April 05) detailing an alleged gang rape at a University of Virginia fraternity after an outside review concluded that the story failed to follow journalistic standards.

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