racism
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...
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In the streets and neighborhoods: Two component parts of the same resistance
June 10, 2020“I have seen the rich looting. They loot and get away with it because they are protected. Common people get blamed for everything that is wrong with this country. So it doesn’t matter how we act.”
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#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.
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Sports round-up: Players advance Black Lives Matter message
June 9, 2020This “Which side are you on?” moment has moved beyond the political arena and into professional sports—which should come as no surprise.
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Racist monuments fall: Watery end for slave trader statue in UK
June 9, 2020The Colston statue wasn’t the only historic sculpture to have been targeted by protesters.
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