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Prisons & Policing
Mass Arrests in 2020 Echo the Brutality Endured by RNC Protesters 20 Years Ago
People protested police brutality at the 2000 Republican National Convention. Twenty years later, not much has changed.
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LGBTQ Rights
Abel Cedeño and Queer Youth of Color Are Still Caged for Self-Defense
U.S. courts routinely imprison queer people of color who defend themselves against anti-queer, anti-trans attackers.
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Politics & Elections
Voter ID Law Handed Wisconsin to Trump in 2016. It Could Happen Again in 2020.
The loss of Black and student voters due to the ID law cost at least 61,274 votes, almost three times Trump’s plurality.
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Racial Justice
Bill Clinton Used John Lewis’s Funeral to Disparage the Black Freedom Struggle
Who is Bill Clinton to weigh in on whether or not civil rights organizer Kwame Ture went "too far"?
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Education & Youth
To Reopen Schools Safely, We Need to Fund Teachers — Not Cops
Activists say removing police will make schools safer for students of color and free up cash for COVID safety measures.
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Economy & Labor
Monumental Contraction of US Economy Wipes Out Five Years of Gains
Failure to address the pandemic head-on may have resulted in larger quarterly economic losses than were necessary.
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Trump’s Lawyers Contradict His False Claims on Mail-In Voting
House Approves $740 Billion Pentagon Budget While Millions Can’t Afford Rent
Black Teen Jailed for Not Doing Her Online Schoolwork Is Released
Poll: Majority of Americans Have Negative View of Trump’s Handling of Protests
Barack Obama: End the Filibuster to Restore Voting Rights Act
With Trump Donor in Charge, USPS May Shut Locations, Cut Service Before Election
Senate Departs for 3-Day Weekend as Unemployment Benefits Expire for 30 Million
GOP Leaders Attempt to Distance Themselves From Trump’s Election Delay Talk
Herman Cain Dies of COVID-19
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Senate Departs for 3-Day Weekend as Unemployment Benefits Expire for 30 Million
More than 25,000,000 unemployed Americans are about to lose their extra unemployment benefits.
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Trump’s Lawyers Contradict His False Claims on Mail-In Voting
Court documents show Trump's lawyers admitting that there is no difference between mail-in voting and absentee voting.
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If We Reopen Schools, We Admit That Community Safety Is Not Our Priority
All over the country, school districts have been utterly abandoned.
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Wisconsin’s Voter Suppression Could Swing 2020 Election in Trump’s Favor
A lower-court decision awaiting review by the state’s Supreme Court would purge 129,000 predominantly Democratic voters.
