police violence
AFL-CIO recommends actions to end police racism
June 11, 2020Police must “use force only when necessary to resolve conflict and protect public and officer safety” and departments must ‘prohibit and regulate tools and tactics with a high risk of death or injury disproportionate to the...
Read more#DefundThePolice and more: An agenda for real reform
June 10, 2020The advocates of “defund the police” aren’t fools. They understand that the police will be with us—but that their role and their functions need to be dramatically rethought.
Read more‘Justice for George Floyd’ petition sets record: 17 million names
June 10, 2020There are petitions, and there are petitions…and then there’s the petition by started by a 15-year-old Portland, Ore., girl.
Read moreNational uprising continues: Reports from around the country
June 9, 2020People's World is being inundated with correspondence from local reporters and activists around the country. Presented here are just a few recent selections submitted from towns and cities across the United States.
Read moreGeorge Floyd mourned in small town vigils despite armed vigilantes
June 9, 2020There have been protests in at least 580 towns and cities, many in rural “red states,” the majority of them organized by students and youth of all races.
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