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Kirsten West Savali

When my dad died, I lost my will to live

Kirsten West Savali
Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson (Associated Press/Andy Clayton-King)

There’s no rationalization for corporal punishment: Why Adrian Peterson’s apologists are wrong

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Police advance after tear gas was used to disperse a crowd Sunday, Aug. 17, 2014, in Ferguson, Mo. (AP/Charlie Riedel)

Black women are killed by police, too

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(AP/Jeff Roberson)

“They are not here for us and they never were”: Michael Brown and America’s war on black children

Kirsten West Savali
A mourner holds an obituary displaying a picture of shooting victim Renisha McBride during her funeral service in Detroit, November 8, 2013. (Reuters/Joshua Lott)

Renisha McBride was an unarmed black teenager, too

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Why do we vilify low-income black women simply for being mothers?

Kirsten West Savali