Thursday 09.05.2019

How Alcatraz Prisoners Reform Their Sense Of Future Identity Through Art

Alcatraz was once known as one of America’s worst prisons, where the hardest of hardcore criminals were sent. Now it’s a place where ex-prisoners can explore art and where others come to view these creative expressions.

Keeping It 100: Obama’s Real Views On Illegal Immigration

Trump is all immigration talk. But the fact is under the Obama administration, more people were deported in the same about of time in office. According to an Axios report, deportations by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials surpassed 385,000 each year between fiscal 2009 and 2011. That surpasses Trump’s numbers.

Illinois College Student Charged With Felony Hate Crime For Placing Noose In Campus Elevator

Andrew M. Smith, a 19-year-old sophomore at the University of Illinois, has been charged with a felony hate crime for allegedly placing a noose inside a campus elevator over the weekend, university police reported.

Nipsey Hussle’s Roots Honored With Neighborhood Nip Foundation

The family of slain rapper Nipsey Hussle is continuing his community work. And in that end, the family has announced the launch of Neighborhood Nip Foundation. The new organization has already gotten some major support.

He’s A Gang Intervention Worker. California Police Call Him A Gang Member

Gangs are a problem in most major cities and in Los Angeles, Larry Sanders, 58, has spent most of his adult life trying to turn youth away from the lure of gangs. He’s a gang interventionist contracted by the city of Los Angeles. But not long ago he was stopped on the street by the LAPD’s gang task force where he works and added to the city’s gang database as a gang member — which he is not.