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• We Are Sean Bell, Way Down in the Hole, and Sharon Jasper

  August 27, 2010

  Sean Bell was shot by New York City police officers four years ago on the night before his wedding day. This summer, the city settled the case against it, agreeing to pay $7 million to Bell's family and friends, including his two children. But settlement dollars aren't enough to fundamentally change police departments around the country, from Oakland to New Orleans to right here in New York.

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• Sharon Jasper: Fighting for Public Housing

  August 27, 2010

  The destruction of perfectly solid public housing in New Orleans has been a hotly contested issue since Hurricane Katrina destroyed so many homes five years ago. Sharon Jasper, who spent 57 of her 58 years in public housing in New Orleans, has been fighting for the rights of returnees to affordable housing, organizing protests and bringing pressure on authorities, and she joins us via Skype from New Orleans to give us her thoughts on the situation, five years after the storm.

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