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Senate Democrats Plan on Moving to Legalize Marijuana Later This Year
President Joe Biden campaigned in 2020 against full-out legalization, favoring decriminalization of the drug instead.
Capitol Police Suggestion for Permanent Fencing Around Capitol Faces Criticism
Progressives say that permanent fencing would only increase harmful policing tactics that have failed in the past.
Fred Hampton: The Fight for Truth
Flint Taylor, Jeffrey Haas and Chip Gibbons discuss the latest revelations about the FBI’s role in Hampton’s death.
New Toolkit Tallies Up Victories and Summarizes Strategies to Defund the Police
Over the past six months, organizers across the country have won significant victories in campaigns to defund police.
Eric Garner’s Mother Says We Must Push for Justice That Her Son Didn’t Receive
An international inquiry commission about racist police killings opens with testimony from mothers of the victims.
New Documents Suggest J. Edgar Hoover Was Involved in Fred Hampton’s Murder
Recently released FBI documents shed new light on the 1969 conspiracy to assassinate Black Panther leader Fred Hampton.
The Movement to Defund the Police Won’t Go Away When Biden Takes Office
Organizers plan to continue targeting city and state budgets to demand divestment from prisons and policing.
Republicans Are Using Capitol Breach as Excuse to Promote Anti-Protest Bills
GOP lawmakers are taking advantage of white supremacist violence to criminalize racial and climate justice protests.
Police Are Three Times More Likely to Use Force Against the Left, Data Shows
The data corroborates what many left-wing activists have noted anecdotally over the past week.
At Least 28 Cops Were Attendees at Pro-Trump Rally Preceding Attack on Capitol
One sheriff’s lieutenant described breaking into the Capitol as part of the violent mob as “the best day of my life.”