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As Media Focuses on Black Lives, Activists Call Attention to Nina Pop, the 5th Trans Woman of Color to Be Killed in the Last Month
As tributes poured in last weekend for Ahmaud Arbery, the 25-year-old unarmed black man whose Feb. 23 killing made international headlines when cellphone footage of his death was released last week, racial and trans justice advocates sought space to lift up the name of Nina Pop, a 28-year-old trans woman who was found stabbed to…
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Multiple Violent NYPD Arrest Videos Highlight Racial Disparities in 'Social Distancing' Enforcement
Another violent arrest shared online has raised more questions about how fairly and safely the NYPD is enforcing social distancing measures in the city. Cell phone video captured part of an arrest conducted in Brooklyn last Sunday. In the video, three NYPD officers, two of whom were wearing face masks, can be seen punching a…
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Muslim Lawmakers to Host National Ramadan Celebration Virtually
To celebrate the holy month of Ramadan, lawmakers are hosting a virtual iftar next month to ensure American Muslims can fellowship with leaders in the community safely amid the coronavirus pandemic. Announced today via a press release, the congressional celebration will take place on May 12, co-chaired by Reps. André Carson, Ilhan Omar, Rashid Tlaib…
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More Than 80% of Patients Hospitalized for COVID-19 in Georgia Were Black, CDC Reports
As Georgia gets set to reopen more non-essential business this week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a study finding that more than 80 percent of hospitalized COVID-19 patients were black. Shared on Wednesday, the CDC study looked at 305 patients hospitalized for COVID-19 in eight Georgia hospitals, seven of which were in…
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I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream…at Senator Mark Warner's Mayo Abomination of a Sandwich
If we can find just one moment of national unity this week, let it be the collective scream we all let out as Virginia Senator Mark Warner dumped a Mitch McConnell-sized helping of mayonnaise on what we’ve been told is a tuna melt. “Senator’s mayo-heavy tuna melt met with jeers” crowed CNN. “Virginia Sen. Mark…
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For Decades, Split-Jury Convictions Imprisoned and Silenced Black Defendants. The Supreme Court Finally Found Them Unconstitutional
It’s a rule so common, you’d be forgiven for thinking it was law across the U.S.: that in order to be convicted by a jury of your peers, that jury has to unanimously agree on your guilt. For almost a hundred years, this wasn’t the case in Louisiana, where split decision votes of at least…
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As Millions of Workers Lose Their Jobs, Report Finds Nearly a Third of Renters Haven't Paid Rent for April
As millions of people found themselves out of work due to the coronavirus-related closures that began last month, a new survey found almost one-third of renters did not make payments on their homes for the first week of April. The data comes from the National Multifamily Housing Council, a trade group that tracks rent payments…
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Surgeon General Jerome Adams Tells Black People to Lay Off Alcohol, Tobacco, and Drugs to Prevent COVID-19 Deaths: 'Do It for Your Big Mama'
It didn’t take long for U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams to dip into personal responsibility talking points—and some other questionable rhetoric—in remarks given to the press today about the disproportionate impact the novel coronavirus has had on black communities and other communities of color. Adams’ comments were shared by PBS White House correspondent Yamiche Alcindor…
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Supreme Court Forces Wisconsin Voters to Choose Between Their Health and Their Ballot
Wisconsin voters face an impossible choice this Election Day: protect their health, or protect their voice at the ballot box. That difficult decision was placed at their feet this week thanks to the Supreme Court, which, in a partisan decision, ruled to toss out tens of thousands of absentee ballots cast after Tuesday. As Slate…
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As Coronavirus Spreads in Nation's Jails, Inmates Sue Correctional Systems for Soap and Paper Towels
It’s one of the most basic ways to fight the spread of the coronavirus: soap and clean towels. But on Monday, people locked behind bars in Washington, D.C. and Texas had to sue correctional facilities in order to get them. Filed in federal court, the D.C. and Texas lawsuits accuse their respective prison systems of…
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