Bring That Week Back: March 14
Disney princess debacle, Kony 2012, and more top news.
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Report: Minority Students Face Harsher Punishments - More than 70 percent of students involved in school-related arrests or cases referred to law enforcement were Hispanic or African-American, according to an Education Department report released last week. The report raises questions about whether students of all races are disciplined evenhandedly in America's schools.(Photo: Micah Walter/Getty Images)
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Disney Makes Black Princess Face of Watermelon Candy - Certainly it’s a coincidence that Tiana, Disney animated films’ only Black princess, is the face of the company’s new Dig 'n Dips watermelon-flavored candy, right? Maybe, maybe not. Either way, the new candy had critics up in arms last week. (Photo: Disney)
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Report Shows African-Americans Dominate Shelters - Black families are seven times more likely than whites to end up homeless according to a study released last week by the Institute for Children, Poverty & Homelessness.(Photo: JACQUES DEMARTHON/AFP/Getty Images)
Photo By JACQUES DEMARTHON/AFP/Getty Images
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Rick Santorum Compares Obama to a Drug Dealer - At a rally in Oklahoma last Sunday, presidential candidate Rick Santorum, compared President Obama’s administration to a “drug dealer” that wants Americans to become hooked on the health care reform law, the newest addictive drug.(Photo: NIKKI BOERTMAN/Reuters/Landov)
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Obama Re-Election Drives Gun Sales - Gun sales are up in Texas not because it’s hunting season, but because some believe President Obama’s re-election is fuel to bear more arms. The additional guns bought aren’t necessarily to harm anyone, but buyers are worried that Obama’s re-election could strike a major gun control push.(Photo: Jessica Rinaldi/Landov)
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Mississippi Court Upholds Ex-Gov. Haley Barbour’s Controversial Pardons - On Thursday, the Supreme Court of Mississippi upheld the controversial pardons issued by the state’s former governor Haley Barbour during his last days in office.(Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
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Kony 2012 Campaign Launched - Last week the advocacy group Invisible Children launched a viral video campaign called Kony 2012 to hasten the capture and trial of Joseph Kony, Ugandan warlord and Lord’s Resistance Army leader.(Photo: Invisible Children)
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February Black Unemployment Rate Increases Slightly - The February unemployment report released Friday showed that the nation’s economy is experiencing slow but steady momentum, and it is continuing to add jobs. The African-American unemployment rate was 14.1 percent, up from 13.6 percent in January. The overall unemployment rate held steady at 8.3 percent.(Photo: JOSHUA LOTT/Landov)
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Washington, D.C. Has Third-Highest Income Gap - A study released Thursday by the D.C. Fiscal Policy Institute shows that the richest 5 percent of District households have an average income of $473,000, the highest among the 50 largest cities in the United States. On the other hand, the poorest households have an average income of only $9,100. (Photo: Chuck Kennedy/MCT/Landov)
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Paula Deen Sued for Racism and Sexual Harassment - Celebrity chef Paula Deen is under fire for allegedly using the N-word, sexually harassing and inflicting assault and emotional distress on her employees, according to a recent lawsuit filed last week by a former employee.(Photo: Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images)
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