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Popular Eugenic themes in "A Piece of the Action"
REFORMING THE UNREFORMABLE (from POP-EU) Sidney Poitier joined comedian Bill Cosby in a trio of films (Let’s Do It Again, Uptown...

POP RECOVERY
CHARTING THE LONG-TERM RECOVERY OF CORONATION STREET'S PETER BARLOW BY LEE ROSS, ACUMEN EDITOR Television writers rarely afford viewers...

'Sitting on the Garbage Can'
REVISITING THE BLACKBOARD JUNGLE (OR) WHY WE EXPECT SOME KIDS TO FAIL DR. SHANTELLA SHERMAN [The Blackboard Jungle, Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer....

DNA, BABY!
Police use newborn blood samples in crime investigations Angelique Attaway, ACUMEN Intern A recent New Jersey lawsuit alleges that police...

ALL SMILES
S.M.I.L.E-ing Boys Project Cuts Through Stereotypes BY LEE ROSS, ACUMEN EDITOR Brandon Bell lived his life as any typical 13-year-old —...

Saying ‘Good-bye’ to the Consummate Journalist & Friend, Dorothy “Dot” Rowley
BY DR. SHANTELLA SHERMAN, ACUMEN PUBLISHER There was always something in her eyes. Something magical and familiar, warm, but also fiery....

The Long & Storied History of Rape Kits
Changing the perception of sex assault victims and survivors aids kit production and prosecution BY CHRISTIE PASCHAKIS ACUMEN SENIOR...


War Against the Weak
DC LAWMAKERS EVICT HOMELESS FROM ENCAMPMENT, CITE INCREASED CRIME AND VIOLENCE Acumen News Report PHOTOS BY SY SHERMAN / FOR THE ACUMEN...


#EugenicallySpeaking
Lawmakers Offer Tubal Ligations or Vasectomies in Exchange for Time-Served in Prison BY DR. SHANTELLA Y. SHERMAN If West Virginia state...


Love is When a Man Brings the Groceries, Instead of Eating Yours
How the Film “Claudine” Continues to Inform Black Love Relationships, Forty-eight Years Later By Dr. Shantella Y. Sherman, ACUMEN...
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