African-Americans are almost FOUR TIMES as likely as white people to be arrested for marijuana possession, even though drug use is the same.
I guess ‘random’ stop and search tactics aren’t that random.
African-Americans are almost FOUR TIMES as likely as white people to be arrested for marijuana possession, even though drug use is the same.
I guess ‘random’ stop and search tactics aren’t that random.
So I’ve aged. The stars are still
too high and far too sweet.
I’ve bloodied my knuckles trying
to climb up to them, fractious reminders.Turn them out. Keep them safe
in a velvet-lined box.—Melanie Rehak, from “Self-Portrait as the Liberal Arts”
Photography Credit John Coplans
Europe’s Record Youth Unemployment: The Scariest Graph in the World Just Got Scarier
[Image: James Plunket]
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— Brian Whelan (@brianwhelanhack)
Product could help millions of people keep clean in countries where water is scarce.
The Xbox One will always be listening to you, in your own home
Did Microsoft just invent the Telescreen from ‘1984?’
This bit is less exciting.
Microsoft Xbox One: everything you need to know
As the Xbox 360 aged, rumors swirled around Microsoft’s next-generation console. Would we see an Xbox 720? An Xbox Infinity? A Nextbox? All those rumors turned out to be wrong: in Redmond today, Microsoft unveiled the Xbox One, set for release by the end of 2013. While the name was kept strictly under wraps, the Xbox One announcement confirmed many of the rumors we’d been hearing for months or even years. Those include live TV support, a new Kinect, upgraded specs, and a series of new next-generation games.
Exciting.
Thirteen years after an exchange of fire in Gaza appeared to have resulted in the death of a Palestinian boy at the start of the second intifada, an Israeli investigative panel has found “there are many indications” that Mohammed al-Dura and his father, Jamal, “were never hit by gunfire” – neither Israeli nor Palestinian – after all. Read more.
Mr Martin Sheen wearing the classic & timeless piece on the set of Badlands
Even if you don’t watch this film for its overall brilliance, just watch it for Martin Sheen’s expertly showcasing the height of casual American style.