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Saturday, May 18, 2013

Law

Turning Up The Heat On Civil Rights-Era Cold Cases

Frank Morris (in the apron and visor) stands in front of his shoe shop in Ferriday, La., in the 1950s. He was killed when his shop burned down in 1964.

With the death of a possible suspect in one notorious case, activists are weighing the FBI's efforts to tackle cases from the 1950s and '60s. Some are calling for a congressional hearing to see whether the FBI has done enough investigating.

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Friday, May 03, 2013

Justice In The Segregated South: A New Look At An Old Killing

When John Queen was killed in August 1965 in front of the ice house (the building between the Standard Oil station and The Dollar Store), rules of racial inferiority were so entrenched in Fayette, Miss., that black residents felt they couldn't complain. But just four months later things did change, and black residents marched on Dec. 24 as part of a boycott against white-owned businesses.

May 3, 2013 A white off-duty constable shot and killed a paraplegic black man in Fayette, Miss., in 1965. Despite new witnesses who have memories of what happened that day, there's still not enough evidence to say whether Jasper Burchfield's claim of self-defense is true.

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Civil Rights Era Books Focus On Local Citizens

May 3, 2013 The conventional way of looking at American civil rights history teaches about the important and famous civil rights movement heroes. But little is taught about the ordinary people who took risky and courageous stands for their newly protected civil rights.

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Old Newspaper Clipping Spurs Cold Case Investigation

May 3, 2013 It was a saved newspaper article that led to the FBI investigation into John Queen's death four decades later.

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Was John Queen A Real Life Jim Crow?

May 3, 2013 In some ways, John Queen may resemble the minstrel figure that segregation laws were named for.

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Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Buried In Grain

Fines Slashed In Grain Bin Entrapment Deaths

Will Piper and Annette Pacas visit the grave of Annette's son, Alex, at Oak Hill Cemetery in Mount Carroll, Ill. Piper says he hopes to raise money to replace the makeshift, plastic marker with a permanent gravestone.

March 26, 2013 The persistence of grain bin entrapments and a horrific 2010 incident expose weaknesses in worker safety laws and enforcement. An NPR and Center for Public Integrity analysis has found that among 179 deaths since 1984, fines were reduced 60 percent of the time.

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Sunday, March 24, 2013

Buried In Grain

Documents: Investigating A Grain Bin Accident

March 24, 2013 In July 2010, two young employees died inside an Illinois grain bin after being sucked under a mountain of corn. These document detail the case and the safety violations federal regulators found.

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Buried In Grain

The Reports: Buried In Grain

Grain Operator Austin Clubb surveys corn inside the Homestead Grain Facility at Amana Farms near Cedar Rapids, IA.

March 24, 2013 Nearly 180 people — including 18 teenagers — have been killed in grain-related entrapments at federally regulated facilities across 34 states since 1984, records show.

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Buried In Grain

Should Grain Bins On Farms Be Regulated, Too?

Two young workers died in flowing corn at this commercial grain storage complex in Mount Carroll, Ill., in 2010. OSHA regulates 13,000 commercial grain bins like these. But grain bins on 300,000 family farms are largely exempt from OSHA regulations.

March 24, 2013 When it comes to regulating worker safety for grain bins, OSHA only oversees the commercial industry. There's debate on whether that should also extend to private farms.

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Thursday, March 07, 2013

The Two-Way

Law Targets Sexual Violence On College Campuses

March 7, 2013 When President Obama signs an updated version of the Violence Against Women Act on Thursday afternoon, the law will include new requirements for how colleges and universities handle allegations of sexual assault.

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Wednesday, February 13, 2013

The Two-Way

Center for Public Integrity: EPA Unaware Of Industry Ties On Cancer Review Panel

February 13, 2013 Scientists who the agency deferred to when it delayed action related to the cancer risks of one chemical had previously worked on behalf of a company that used the chemical. But the EPA didn't know of the possible conflict of interest.

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