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Blog Entries by Jamaal Bell from 05/2010

Mayweather Exposes Mosley's age, Thoughts of Retirement

| Posted 05.02.2010 | Sports
Read More: Manny Pacquiao Floyd Mayweather, Saul Alvarez, Joe Chavez, Freddy Roach, Floyd Mayweather Jr, Chris Brown, Jose Cotto, Migel Cotto, Boxing, Cornelius Lock, MGM Grand, Daniel Ponce De Leon, Floyd Mayweather, Superfight, Combat Sports, Sports News

In HBO pay-per-view's biggest non-title fight of the year, Mayweather's entrance seemed like a scene from Rocky IV with classic soul R&B group, the O'Jays , singing "For The Love of Money" in the middle of the ring.

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Race and Human Trafficking in the U.S.: Unclear but Undeniable

| Posted 05.10.2010 | Politics
Read More: Racism, Sex Trafficking, Race, Ngo, Racist, Human Trafficking, Politics News

A link that is rarely discussed in open forums about human trafficking is racial discrimination. Does race and ethnicity contribute to the likelihood of people becoming victims of trafficking? I say, Yes.

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Mass Incarceration: A Destroyer of People of Color and Their Communities

| Posted 05.17.2010 | Politics
Read More: Whites, Latinos, The Sentencing Project, Minnesota, Policy Change, Obama Administration, Drugs, Gil Kerlikowske, Reentry, Criminal Justice, Blacks, Native Americans, Mass Incarceration, Prisons, Racial Disparities, Rebuild Resources, War on Drugs, Politics News

Instead of having our Drug Czar focus on addiction recovery and prevention programs, how about changing the policy of our racialized criminal justice system?

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VIDEO: Less Human Trafficking Awareness Campaigns, More Action Campaigns

| Posted 05.20.2010 | Impact
Read More: Sex Trade, Price of Life, David Batstone, Sex Trafficking, Bonded Labor, Labor Trafficking, Child Trafficking, Human Trafficking, Impact News

I recently spoke to David Batstone, Director of the Not For Sale Campaign, to discuss human trafficking. I focused on the question of how can the everyday citizen help combat human trafficking.

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