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Wilmington's Street Wars
Wilmington, Del., has become one of the most violent cities of its size in America. Nothing dramatized that fact more than several spectacular shootings in 2012, including one day in June when three people were shot to death in separate incidents, and a shootout a few weeks later at a soccer tournament that killed three people -- including a teenager waiting to play the game he loved. To document and study the violence he and other News Journal colleagues were covering, senior reporter Cris Barrish gathered information for a database detailing the 158 shootings, including 42 homicides, over a 20-month period. He learned that police made arrests in only one-third of the cases, many of which collapsed in court. His research into why police could not solve cases led to the revelation that both shooting suspects and victims had been arrested an average of about two dozen times, with many qualifying as habitual criminals -- a phenomenon that some authorities call "thugicide.'' His stories also explored the “don’t snitch’’ code of the streets that cripples prosecution of these cases, not only by the men on both sides of the gun barrel, but also by residents who are terrified of the gunmen and distrustful of law enforcement.
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What Really Happened at Bari Alai?
The investigation looks to provide answers to a deadly Taliban attack that received little press attention. The story exposes the tensions that arose between coalition and Afghan forces under austere and stressful conditions, and how growing anger towards American soldiers created an environment of distrust.
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Witness to War
This first-hand account of conflict in region of Afghanistan and Pakistan reveals how horrific living and working in this region can be. This investigation reveals the “human cost of conflict, reality of life in refugee camps, examine how children are impacted by the instability, and discuss whether there’s any hope for the future”.
Tags: documentary; danger; devastation; distrust; civil war; war on terror; media; violence; journalists; death; disease; global issues; oppression
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Under Fire: Discrimination and Corruption in the Texas National Guard
The Texas National Guard had developed a culture of harassment, humiliation and undue punishment for young women serving in the force. Findings on the practices resulted in the discharge of three commanding Generals. KHOU fought an uphill battle to gain trust of Guard members who have been conditioned to distrust the media.
Tags: Texas; National Guard; Harassment; Women; humiliation; discrimination; KHOU; investigation; military; Air National Guard; corruption; Generals;
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Under Fire: Discrimination and Corruption in the Texas National Guard
The Texas National Guard had developed a culture of harassment, humiliation and undue punishment for young women serving in the force. Findings on the practices resulted in the discharge of three commanding Generals. KHOU fought an uphill battle to gain trust of Guard members who have been conditioned to distrust the media.
Tags: Texas; National Guard; Harassment; Women; humiliation; discrimination; KHOU; investigation; military; Air National Guard; corruption; Generals;
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Special Ed
Home schooling is taking off thanks to a renewed interest in independent thinking and a distrust for the public school system. Technology and changing mores are making this shift possible. The effect on markets and society could be powerful if the trend towards home schooling continues.
Tags: schools; education; home schooling; public school; learning; technology
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Plauged by Distrust
The reporters investigated Phil Peters. Peters ran the Area Connection, formerly called the Agency on Aging. They found that Peters was stealing from the non-profit, tax supported agency which served low-income elderly in the Ozark Mountains.
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No title (id: 13095)
A four part series by The Spokesman Review reveals the frustration, distrust and fear much of the Inland Northwest has toward the federal government. The Spokesman Review finds that an anti-government movement, taking the form of militias, activists and naturalists believes that the federal bureaucracies have levied unfair restrictions that threaten their lifestyle. The investigation reports that these militias are no longer made up of a few extremists, rather they are well organized and highly trained groups that have the ability, and are willing to engage in violent conflicts with federal law enforcement. (Dec. 3, 4, 10, 31, 1995)
Tags: Lynch Sullivan Morlin Welch The ragged edge Patriots Military Revolutionaries 32 pgs.