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Minnesota launches its first office for missing and murdered Black women.

This year, Minnesota enacted a law creating the nation's first Office of Missing and Murdered African American Women and Girls to address the disparity in resources and police focus on cases involving minority women.

Should more states do the same?

Senate passes Biden-McCarthy debt deal

The Senate passed the debt limit bill in a 63-to-36 vote. The bipartisan legislation, which will suspend the debt limit and impose new spending caps, is not heading to President Biden to sign.

Should Congress abolish the debt ceiling?

Mexico's President backs peace agreement with cartels

Mexico's President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has publicly supported an open letter to 10 organized crime groups, calling for an end to forced disappearances. 

Do you support the "hugs, not bullets" programs?

NJ state attorney takes control of police department

NJ Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin has assumed direct control of the day-to-day operations of the town of Paterson's local police department. The move comes three weeks after police shot violence intervention activist Najee Seabooks.

Should more states do the same?

All the Memes Fit to Post

And, In The End...

Today is National Gun Violence Awareness Day. In the U.S., there were over 393 million firearms in civilian possession in 2017 — or 120 per 100 persons, the highest rate globally.

—Emma Kansiz 

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