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November 5, 2015
Hillary Clinton Meets With Mothers of Slain African-American Sons
n an effort to demonstrate that black lives do matter, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton met with a group of women whose AfricanAmerican sons died in gun shootings. The former First Lady and Secretary of State also met with members of #BlackLivesMatter this summer. On the campaign trail to Iowa on Monday, Clinton met in Chicago with the mothers of Tamir Rice, Jordan Davis, Michael Brown, and Trayvon Martin. The 2012 shooting of 17-yearold Trayvon sparked a national protest and marked the beginning of a recent wave of high profile police shootings involving unarmed black males. Those protests have evolved into the Black Lives Matter movement, a coalition of organizations that look to hold politicians accountable for the killings of African-Americans at the hands of law enforcement. The shootings have also prompted race riots, investi-
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Hillary Clinton met with mothers and members of #BlackLivesMatter.
Lesley McSpadden gations by the Dept. of JusClinton outlined her crimitice, and led to equipping nal justice and gun control police departments with proposals while sharing the body cameras. womens’ “heartbreaking
Sybrina Fulton stories.” While Republicans focus on tax reform and ending Obamacare, racial issues (Continued on page 10)
awthorne councilman and mayoral candidate Alex Vargas unseated Mayor Chris Brown in Tuesday night’s election. Results show Vargas with 60.0 percent of the votes to Brown’s 21.9 percent. Other candidates, Councilwoman Angie English and resident Analilia Joya, had 9.9 percent and 8.4 percent, respectively. The city council race was more of a nail-biter, as eight candidates fought to fill two open seats. The race resulted
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The Avenues Shine for Halloween
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By Thomas Bunn
uring the little bit of TV my family and I watch at home, you can’t help but be amazed by the commercials that promote events months in advance. I remember I was watching Disney Channel with Isis and mind you, it’s mid-July, and they are already getting the kids ready for their “Boo For You” Halloween series. (Continued on page 2)
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Mayor Chris Brown in incumbent Nilo Michelin winning the most votes with 19.1 percent. Haidar Awad, who has a family owned car dealership, came in second with 18.5 percent—narrowly defeating realtor Katrina Man(Continued on page 10)