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August 18, 2014

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Americans will be grappling with a number of sensitive and critical issues throughout 2014 and beyond. Some new, some old and some never-ending – concerns about race, religion, violence, politics, guns, climate change, war and civic responsibility are just some of the issues that may polarize all or segments of the nation. We The People will bring awareness to different viewpoints in the hopes of educating its readership. Please be encouraged to join in and share your perspective.

Source: The White House / The White House YouTube Channel

President Obama discusses the latest developments with U.S. operations in Iraq, as well as the ongoing situation in Ferguson, Missouri, August 18, 2014.

Source: PBS NewsHour YouTube Channel

Published on Aug 18, 2014

The St. Louis-area community is struggling to keep order and heal divisions after more than a week of unrest over the shooting of an unarmed black teenager by a white police officer. Judy Woodruff gets an update from Yamiche Alcindor of USA Today about the deployment of the National Guard, plus reaction from former Ferguson Mayor Brian Fletcher and state senator Maria Chappelle-Nadal.

Published on Aug 18, 2014

The Missouri National Guard arrived in Ferguson on the orders of Gov. Jay Nixon a night after police again used tear gas and rubber bullets to break up a crowd that was reportedly throwing Molotov cocktails and shooting at police. Nixon also lifted a two-day curfew. A private autopsy of slain teenager Michael Brown concluded he had been shot six times. Judy Woodruff reports.

Published on Aug 18, 2014

According to an independent autopsy report released Sunday, Michael Brown, the unarmed teen who was killed by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, last week, was shot at least six times, twice in the head.

Attorneys for Brown’s family and the forensic scientists who conducted the autopsy spoke about their preliminary findings in a press conference Monday morning at the Greater St. Mark Missionary Baptist Church in St. Louis.