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Activist and graduate student Jonathan Butler gestures to invite bystanders to join a "We Are Not Afraid" march including local and regional Concerned Student 1950 supporters Friday, Nov. 13, 2015 while in Greek town on Richmond Avenue on the University of Missouri campus in Columbia, Mo. (Daniel Brenner/Columbia Daily Tribune via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT. Daniel Brenner/Columbia Daily Tribune/AP Images. http://www.apimages.com/metadata/Index/University-Of-Missouri-Turmoil/6d659b410779467fa45a66c88ae04a19/1/0.

Students Force Change at University of Missouri

November 20, 2015 btwuser 0

It’s been more than a year since the shooting death of Michael Brown flared racial tensions in Ferguson, Missouri and led to massive protests. Earlier this […]

South Carolina Statehouse. Photo: Ilene MacDonald/Alamy

Charleston Deaths Cause National Debate

June 24, 2015 btwuser 0

On Wednesday, June 18, in Charleston, South Carolina, nine African American members of the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal church were shot and killed while attending […]

Street demonstration. Photo: Luis Sandoval Mandujano/Getty Images

More Outrage in Baltimore

May 11, 2015 btwuser 0

It has been less than a year since the shooting death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri brought to boil our nation’s long-simmering tension between […]

Stuff YOU Should Know

March 13, 2015 btwuser 0

Apple Nudges out AT&T on Dow The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA or, commonly known as the Dow) is a “stock market measure” made up […]

Doctor Giving Injection to Girl Sitting on Mother's Lap

The Great Vaccination Debate

February 5, 2015 btwuser 0

Last month, we brought you news of the recent resurgence of measles after more than a decade of being considered “eliminated” in 2000. This week, we […]

Just a Movie: How Accurate Do Films Need to Be?

January 28, 2015 btwuser 0

Four of the eight nominees for the Academy Award for Best Picture this year are considered “biopics” (short for biographic pictures): American Sniper, The Imitation […]

Hollywood Sign, California. Photo: Ingram Publishing/SuperStock

Stuff YOU Should Know

January 23, 2015 btwuser 0

Anticipating Tourism in Cuba Earlier this month, btw brought you news of a landmark deal between the U.S. and Cuba. In response, Cuban businesses are […]