The Central Park Five

Published November 23, 2012

The Central Park Five

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The movie begins with a montage of New York in the 1980s, establishing the context of a city dealing with the early days of the AIDS epidemic, the rise of crack cocaine, a decade of fiscal crises, and—above all—escalating racial tension, exacerbated … Read more on A.V. Club

"The House I live in:" America's Slow Motion Social Holocaust

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And of course, the "crack cocaine" breakout in the 1980s made matters infinitely worse and more urgent. This is when Ronald and Nancy Reagan seized upon the drug war mantra of "just say no" as the moral centerpiece of Reagan's presidential tenure. In … Read more on OpEdNews

Stakeout City: The hordes following those tainted by Washington scandal

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