racism
National 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.
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Protesting in Phoenix for Dion Johnson, another Black man killed by police
June 8, 2020Officials ignore the cause of local anger: the killing of a Black man asleep in his car by a police officer on the same night George Floyd was killed.
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NASCAR aims to do better when dealing with racism
June 8, 2020“We need to step up more than we ever have before,” said former Cup star Jeff Gordon. “We are listening, we are learning and we are ready to change.”
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Community control of police – an idea whose time has come
June 8, 2020The death of George Floyd at the hands of officer Derek Chauvin, whose record of brutality is well known, shows that years of police reform efforts to educate and retrain officers have failed. Decade after decade,...
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Congressional Dems unveil big police reform package
June 8, 2020The lawmakers flew into D.C., despite the coronavirus pandemic, to showcase the Justice In Policing Act. And they challenged their congressional GOP colleagues to act, too – a challenge most Republicans have so far rejected.
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