Aaron Morrison

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Aaron Morrison joined the IB Times in January 2015 to cover issues of diversity and civil rights. He has worked in both digital and print media for more than five years. Aaron was most recently a staff writer at The Record newspaper in northern New Jersey. He has also worked for The Associated Press and has written for the Miami Herald, as a correspondent at the United Nations in New York.

Ahmed Mohamed White House Visit: After 'Clock' Arrest In Texas, Teen To Participate In Astronomy Night

The 14-year-old, who was arrested last month in Texas, was to be among 100 participants in an astronomy event Monday evening.

Law Enforcement Death Statistics: In 2014, 96 Police Officers Killed In The Line Of Duty, FBI Says

The number of officers killed by a felonious act increased over 2013 but was still down from highs seen in the last decade.

Federal Drone Laws: Registration Of Remote-Control Unmanned Aircraft Required By Aviation Administration

"As long as you got people out there doing stupid things, it requires more regulation,” a drone hobbyist in Kentucky said.

Rand Paul Anti-Gay Comments: 2016 GOP Candidate Takes Back Workplace Discrimination Remarks After Conservative, Liberal LGBT Backlash

“I don’t think anybody should be fired for being gay,” the Republican presidential candidate from Kentucky said.

What Is GroupMe? Racial Profiling Prevalent In Mobile App Used By Shopkeepers To Racially Profile, Report Says

"People who are texting each other are sort of reveling in this game of following people around and saying who's suspicious."

Tamir Rice Shooting: Who Could Be Case's Special Prosecutor And How Would They Be Chosen?

There are policies in Ohio for how and when a special prosecutor takes over a high-profile criminal case.

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California's Automated Voter Registration Will Launch Ahead Of 2016 Presidential Election

The new law could add as many as a million voters to the rolls by 2018.

Sikh Lives Matter: Asian American Civil Rights Campaign Launches Against Bullying Of Schoolchildren

Sixty-seven percent of turban-wearing Sikh children report being bullied in school last year, said a national advocacy group.

Conversion Therapy Is 'Harmful' And Inappropriate For At-Risk LGBT Youth, Obama Administration Says In New Report

"Conversion therapies...are not effective, are harmful and are not appropriate therapeutic practices," mental health experts affirmed Thursday.

Police Killings FBI Statistics: Tamir Rice, Eric Garner Among Officer-Caused Homicides Missing In Federal Data From 2014

"It’s just another part of the cover-up and erasing of [my father's] murder from the record," said the daughter of a man killed by police in 2014.

Immigration Reform 2015: North Carolina Immigrant Activists Blast 'Racial Profiling' In Proposed Undocumented Crackdown Law

“What we've seen in this state and other states — this would be an invitation to racial profiling,” a local immigration activist said.

CNN Democratic Debate Backlash: Journalists Of Color Blast Network's 'Ghettoizing' Reporters On Race, Immigration Questions

"For them to exclude us until it’s time to ask the Black Lives Matter question or the immigration question is insulting."

Immigration Reform 2015: Obama Executive Action Deadline Approaches As Federal Court Mulls Legality Of Deferred Deportation Expansion

"As long as we get a decision by the end of October or beginning of November, the case could be heard by the Supreme Court this term."

Tamir Rice Cleveland Shooting 'Reasonable' In Independent Probes, But What Constitutes Unreasonable Lethal Force?

There is no universal standard for what is deemed reasonable conduct in police use-of-force cases, like last year's fatal shooting of 12-year-old Tamir Rice in Cleveland.

Election 2016: New 'Draft Joe Biden' Ad Debuts Ahead Of First Democratic Presidential Debate, Vice President Absent From Forum

The super PAC pulled its last ad about Biden's experience with personal tragedy after an aid to the vice president requested it.

Councilman Tasered In Texas City Of Sandra Bland's Arrest; Spends Night In Same Jail Where Woman Died

Police officers' actions against the elected official were not a cause for concern, a police chief said.

A Black House Speaker? Former Congressman J.C. Watts Is Interested In John Boehner's Job, Friend Of Washington Lobbyist Says

J.C. Watts of Oklahoma is currently chairman of the largest African-American-owned lobbying firm in Washington.

Business Corruption Risk 2015: Global Survey Finds Many Firms Losing Deals To Corrupt Competitors

Companies must take a "zero tolerance" stand against bribery or kickbacks, a business-risk consulting firm says.

Transgender Murders 2015 Statistics: 2 Killings In 24 Hours Seen As 'National Crisis' For LGBT Community In US

Activists have long demanded that U.S. lawmakers do more to protect transgender women of color from increasing levels of violence.

Muslims Praise Obama For Banning Non-Halal Meat In 122 Federal Prisons

“I find it hard to believe that a survey would have found a majority of any population saying, ‘No, thanks, I don’t want any bacon.'”

Million Man March 20th Anniversary: National Rally Didn't Bring Much Economic Change For Black Men

Twenty years after the so-called "Million Man March" urged African-American men to atone for their personal failures and take charge of their families, the message from march leaders has changed to one demanding justice.