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Topic: Baltimore riots

(AP/Gail Burton)

Baltimore after Freddie Gray

Danielle Ariano
(AP/Patrick Semansky)

Michael Gould-Wartofsky - TomDispatch.com
Protesters stand on cars near the intersection of North Avenue and Pennsylvania Avenue in Baltimore, Friday, May 1, 2015, the day of the announcement of charges against the police officers involved in Freddie Gray's arrest. State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby announced the stiffest charge, second-degree "depraved heart" murder, against the driver of the police van that Gray was in after his arrest. Other officers faced charges of involuntary manslaughter, assault and illegal arrest. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) (AP)

Why GOP won't fix Baltimore

Elias Isquith
Police keep riots under control in the Watts area of Los Angeles, Calif., Aug. 1965; A man stands in front of a line of police officers in riot gear, April 28, 2015, in Baltimore. (AP/David Goldman)

Baltimore: What "violence"?

Andrew O'Hehir

Larry Wilmore, Bloods & Crips

Anna Silman
(AP/Patrick Semansky)

Michael Arria - Alternet
(Library of Congress/New York World-Telegram & Sun Collection)

Kali Holloway - Alternet
Wolf Blitzer, DeRay McKesson (CNN)

What about civility?

David Palumbo-Liu
Toya Graham (CBS News)

The hideous "Hero Mom" hype

Joan Walsh
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