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ProPublica Publishes Database Containing Thousands of Police Misconduct Complaints After Federal Judge Blocked Their Release
In the weeks following the first Black Lives Matter uprisings, criminal justice reform advocates scored several major legislative wins. In New York state, one of these was the repeal of Civil Rights Law 50-A, which shielded the misconduct records of law enforcement from the public. Last week, however, a federal judge paused the release of…
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A Weekend of Unrest as Violence Erupts at Protests Across the Country
At this point, it’s common knowledge that protests against police brutality and systemic racism are ongoing across the country, with no sign that they’ll be slowing down anytime soon. Over the past weekend across multiple states, peaceful protests turned violent, with one resulting in a person’s death. In recent weeks, Portland, Ore., has become one…
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Why I'm Not Going to Give My Kids 'The Talk'
“So,” the moderator asked, during a public (and socially distant) book talk last week—my first time being indoors anywhere other than my house or a grocery store since early March—“what would you change if you wrote that chapter to your daughter today?” I’ve been asked a variant of that question dozens of times in the…
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History of Medical Abuse, Neglect Pose Challenges for Researchers Seeking Black Participants in Coronavirus Vaccine Trials
It’s no secret by now that the coronavirus has had its most outsized impact on marginalized communities: Throughout the country, African American, Latinx and Native communities have suffered disproportionately from the coronavirus, as structural inequities have magnified the virus’ deadly impact. With a rush to get a vaccine to market, it will be important to…
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John Lewis Honored With Final March Across Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala.; Tributes Continue in the Nation's Capital and Georgia
Over the weekend, civil rights leader John Lewis took a final journey over the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala., during a ceremony that recognized the former congressman’s history with the place he memorably marched on Bloody Sunday. Lewis was carried across the bridge in a horse-drawn carriage on Sunday, reports the Washington Post, as part…
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‘You’re Not Getting It, I’m Not a Nazi,’ They Said While Wearing Nazi Masks in a Minnesota Walmart
White supremacists who tout themselves as arbiters of patriotism while wearing the symbols of forces America went to war against will never not be amusing and aggravating at the same damn time. If they’re not wrapping themselves in the battle flags of Confederate traitors, they’re wearing the mark of the fascist regime the U.S. fought…
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Man Shot and Killed at Black Lives Matter Protest in Austin, Witnesses Say the Suspect Tried to Drive Them Down
Police in Austin, Texas have a suspect in custody in the shooting death of a man during a Black Lives Matter protest in the city yesterday. Garrett Foster was killed after he approached a vehicle that witnesses say sped towards a crowd of walking demonstrators in downtown Austin on Saturday, reports the Austin America-Statesman. According…
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NYPD Chief Brags That District Attorneys Won't Prosecute Cops Under New Anti-Chokehold Law
Police have been resisting forcefully to this year’s protests against their practise of brutalizing and killing Black people with impunity, and have also been pushing back against any policy shifts that could require them to face even a modicum accountability for this kind of activity. Lawmakers in New York passed a law last month that…
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Stacey Abrams To Feature In Upcoming Documentary From Amazon Studios on Voter Suppression
Former gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams, who lost to Georgia Governor Brian Kemp in an election rife with evidence of voter suppression, will feature in a new documentary about that same pervasive issue in America’s democracy premiering in September. All In: The Fight for Democracy will open in select theaters on September 9 and go on…