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Dallas seeks healing with ‘Love in the Streets’ after tragedy

Jul 18, 2016

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On Saturday night, people met at the northernmost tip of Klyde Warren Park in downtown Dallas to spread peace after five police officers passed away in a gunfire ambush about a week ago. “Love in the Streets,” as the event was called, brought together musicians from around the metroplex who volunteered to play for attendees.…

Protestors shut down downtown Dallas in support of Sandra Bland

Jul 27, 2015

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Chants and calls to action echoed amidst the skyscrapers of downtown Dallas as hundreds of marchers demonstrated on July 27 to protest the death of Sandra Bland. Her arrest and subsequent death in Prairie View, Texas, under the supervision of local police has become a topic of national debate. Bland was found hanging from a noose made…

Hundreds gather at vigil for Nepal

May 1, 2015

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Corrections: The title of the father of a victim of the earthquake was incorrect. He was a teacher of Bikash Manandhar. The name of the organization members of NSA went to to get registered was incorrectly stated in an earlier version of this article. The organization was the Student Organization Center. The Mercury regrets these…

A stance for freedom

Jan 22, 2015

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Two faded blue jeans and four heavy paws moved quickly toward a dark-skinned couple walking back to their car—purportedly Muslims. The owner of the fast legs and a quicker mouth spewed hate as he got within 20 feet of the couple, saying that they should die and telling them not to get close to him,…

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Dallas seeks healing with ‘Love in the Streets’ after tragedy

Protestors shut down downtown Dallas in support of Sandra Bland

Hundreds gather at vigil for Nepal

A stance for freedom