Author: Glenn (Freedom of Movement) Robinson

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The Real Death Valley: The Untold Story of Mass Graves and Migrant Deaths in South Texas

 

Video: Graphic Warning

A Weather Channel Original Documentary

Producer’s Note, by Solly Granatstein

In “The Real Death Valley,” we tell the story of Fernando Palomo, a 22-year-old Salvadoran who happened to be a talented artist, and who was beaten within a centimeter of his life when he refused to design a gang’s tattoos. He and his older brother, like tens of thousands of others, fled their homeland and journeyed north to what they saw as the relative safety of the United States. They made it across the Rio Grande into Texas, but that hardly put an end to their troubles.

 

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Source: soboco.org

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Unaccompanied Child Migrants: Q&A with UNICEF Honduras

 

What’s it like for children in Honduras?

ESPINAL: Throughout the country we have a child mortality rate of 23 per 1,000. We have 900,000 children and adolescents who neither work nor go to school. We have 12 children who are assassinated every day

 

Source: www.unicefusa.org

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Sheets of Blood Streets of Pain

 

“Racism is not dead in this nation. Shame on any of us for trying to bury the inherent and blatant racism of the United States and its people, it has always been part of our makeup and it has come roaring back in its full and awful glory in the past decade…”

 

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Source: valentinelogar.com

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After Discrimination Finding, Jury’s Out On Memphis Juvenile Courts

The U.S. Justice Department bashed the juvenile justice system in Shelby County, Tenn., in 2012. Now, Memphis courts are trying to find a way forward.

Source: www.npr.org

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Cornel West: “We won’t stand for annihilation” in Palestine – YouTube

 

Dr. Cornell West speaks at the pro-Palestinian march on Washington, where he juxtaposes issues facing Palestinians to issues facing African Americans in The United States today.

 

Filmed by Ford Fischer (@fordfischer on twitter)

 

Source: www.youtube.com

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Woman Brutally Beaten by CHP Officer Speaks Out

 

In July, 51-year-old Marlene Pinnock was walking on the side of a California highway when aCalifornia Highway Patrol officer threw her to the ground and began brutally beating her in the face. That officer, Daniel Andrew, has not been subject to any disciplinary action but he has been placed on “non road patrol duty”, and CHP says its investigation is ongoing.

 

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Source: shine.forharriet.com