The recent train crash in Philadelphia is causing Amtrak to lose $ 100 million dollars per day. This crash could have been prevented if lawmakers had moved ahead with already passed legislation to improve track conditions. The Republican led House of Representatives on the same day of the crash refused to approve Amtrak's budget of $ 252 million dollars.
In 1910 Baltimore was the first city in America to pass anti housing laws preventing African Americans from buying homes in white neighborhoods.
Did you know that in 2014, 211 people were killed in the city of Baltimore? 189 were African Americans.
The state of Mississippi received the grade of "F" in education. by the "Education Week Research Center".
When the principal of a Georgia school made racist remarks about her African American students, she apologized and said "the devil made her do it".
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