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Pittsburgh rapper Jasiri X reveals musical origins

By Sean Armstrong | Staff Writer Jasiri X is a socially conscious rapper based in Pittsburgh, an area which has a little-known race problem when compared to other cities like New York City, Chicago and Ferguson. A 2015 benchmark article in The Pittsburgh Post Gazette found that “Black youths were arrested at twice the rate of white youths nationally, but six times as much in … Continue reading Pittsburgh rapper Jasiri X reveals musical origins

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Esteemed author talks social justice at DU

By Jen Cardone | The Duquesne Duke John Edgar Wideman, a Pittsburgh native and 10-time award-winning novelist, offered insight on think tanks as tools for social justice at a symposium Oct. 10. Wideman read an excerpt from his memoir Brothers and Keepers, which is about his incarcerated brother Robert, who holds a mandatory life sentence at the Pittsburgh State Correctional Institution for a crime he … Continue reading Esteemed author talks social justice at DU

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