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ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- A new report ranks Maryland as one of the worst states in providing support for young victims of sex trafficking. While Maryland has made some progress in this area, the Shared Hope International report card puts the state near the bottom, at 44th, with a failing grade. ...

MADISON, Wis. - The Kyle Rittenhouse verdict continues to evoke a range of emotions from the public. A University of Wisconsin expert says the outcome could have lasting effects on marginalized residents who already feel pushed away by social institutions. ...

COLUMBUS — Lawmakers and faith leaders are among Ohioans uniting behind legislation to end capital punishment in the state.On Tuesday, groups express

Yolanda Jones: Celebrating a Black Queen and a BOSS! March 5, 2021 We remember Yolanda Jones, pillar of the Bayview Hunters Point community. As Maestro Curtis said: “Rest well, dear sister, you did your due. You are well beloved and well missed. The imprint that you left in our community is beyond measure and will never be forgotten. One love, one mind, one spirit.” by Malik Washington “My mother, Yolanda Jones, was a proud mother, daughter, wife, aunt, cousin, sister, friend and business...

Ohio Council of Churches program aims to help people recognize white privilege, stem racism Danae King, The Columbus Dispatch © fred squillante The Ohio Council of Churches executive director the Rev. Jack Sullivan Jr. is pictured here on Saturday, February 16, 2019, speaking at Stewart Memorial Christian Methodist Episcopal Church, 60 Cypress Ave., Columbus. [Fred Squillante/Dispatch] Jeannine Vogel compares recognizing ones white privilege to realizing you have a virus that...

Jeannine Vogel compares recognizing ones white privilege to realizing you have a virus that needs attention.  "Its like a virus or condition and you didnt know you had it," said Vogel, a Dayton resident who facilitates a training  called "Is White Privilege Real? A Discussion on Race." Then you realize, "Oh, I have it, how do I treat this? How do I become aware? How can I act counter to this?" The three-part series is meant to help white people recognize their inherent privilege, take ac...

Talk them down. >> during only her third week on the job crystal walker was assigned to an inmate on suicide watch. >> she would scream and yell but for some reason im one person that can get through to her. i acted like she was my daughter. i was just being a mother. i put my pinkies up to the window and pinkie promise youll be good and she calms down. you can work with all of them in certain ways if you just find the way to do it. >> it was wonderful to see that kind of communication and how p...

We had crystal walker right there. kristin, any clarity about what was going on with general and the nsa, mike flynn and why the white house didnt have information to hand over to the house overtight committee? >> i think you heard sean spicer flush out the information that the white house gave me. effectively, you heard him make the argument that the white house one,idt have documentation prior to taking office about mike flynns security clearance and number two, any documentation they had rela...

>> during only her third week on the job crystal walker was assigned to an inmate on suicide watch. >> she would scream and yell but for some reason im one person that can get through to her. i acted like she was my daughter. i was just being a mother. i put my pinkies up to the >> it was wonderful to see that kind of communication and how powerful that was, the locked up inmate, the segregated inmate at least felt like there was somebody who cared u somebody they could talk to and they were cou...

And just engage that person. if they were getting distraught, this person would just bring them down. talk them down. >> during only her third week on the job crystal walker was assigned to an inmate on suicide watch. >> she would scream and yell but for some reason im one person that can get through to her. i acted like she was my daughter. i was just being a mother. i put my pinkies up to the window and pinkie promise youll be good and she calms down. you can work with all of them in certain w...