Defund the Police: Linda Sarsour & Mychal Denzel Smith on What Meaningful Change Would Look Like & The End of Policing: Alex Vitale on How Cops & Their Unions Cover Up Inequality, Exploitation & More
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Minneapolis City Council Vows to Dismantle Police Dept. After Mass Protests & Grassroots Organizing ([link removed])
After nearly two weeks of historic protests, the Minneapolis City Council has announced it will move to dismantle the city's police department in the wake of ... Read More → ([link removed])
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Defund the Police: Linda Sarsour & Mychal Denzel Smith on What Meaningful Change Would Look Like ([link removed])
Amid growing calls in New York City for police accountability, Mayor Bill de Blasio has pledged to shift some of the city's funding for police and reallocate it to ... Read More → ([link removed])
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The End of Policing: Alex Vitale on How Cops & Their Unions Cover Up Inequality, Exploitation ([link removed])
Professor Alex Vitale argues the answer to police violence is not “reform.” It’s defunding. The author of The End of Policing says the movement to defund the ... Read More → ([link removed])
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"The Time Is Now": Tens of Thousands in NYC March for Justice, Peace & an End to Racist Police ([link removed])
As hundreds of thousands took to the streets nationwide and around the world to call for police accountability and demand Black lives matter in the ... Read More → ([link removed])


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Minneapolis City Council Announces It Will Disband Police Department ([link removed])

Uprising Against Racism, Police Brutality Brings Out 100,000s from Coast to Coast ([link removed])

D.C. Mayor, Protesters Paint Black Lives Matter Protest Call on Streets Leading to White House ([link removed])

Protests Mount Across the Globe as Racist and Colonialist Statues Targeted in U.K. ([link removed])

Police Violence Against Protesters Results in More Deaths and Severe Injuries ([link removed])

Video Shows ICE Agents Arresting and Pointing Gun at Protester ([link removed])

Calls Mount to Prosecute Officers Who Killed African American Man, Manuel Ellis, in March ([link removed])

Family of Maurice Gordon, a Black Man Killed by NJ State Troopers, Demands Accountability ([link removed])

Editors Resign from NYT, Philadelphia Inquirer over Recent Coverage of Protests ([link removed])

Coronavirus Deaths Still Surging in U.S. as Trump Refuses to Wear Mask on Official Visits ([link removed])

Mexico Protests Erupt over Police Brutality ([link removed])

Brazil Stops Publishing New Coronavirus Data as Death Toll Mounts ([link removed])

Indigenous Leaders Demand Probe into Police Killing of Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation Woman ([link removed])

Charges Dropped Against 22 Wet’suwet’en Land Defenders ([link removed])

May Jobs Report Shows Unemployment Rose for Black People, as Trump Invokes George Floyd ([link removed])

100+ North Carolina Death Row Prisoners Given Chance to Prove Racism Played Part in Their Sentencing ([link removed])

NFL Apologizes for Past Position on Anti-Racist Protests But Fails to Acknowledge Colin Kaepernick ([link removed])


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Democracy Now!'s Amy Goodman Sued Minneapolis Police for 2008 False Arrest–And Won ([link removed])


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"We Still Don't Have Justice": Bakari Sellers on Enduring Systemic Racism & Healthcare Disparities ([link removed])

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