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      Congress Can Lead the Charge on Divesting From Law Enforcement

      Congress Can Lead the Charge on Divesting From Law Enforcement

      The acknowledgment that Black Lives Matter demands bold and visionary leadership at the national level.

      Kanya Bennett
      Jun 14, 2020

      As a former Hill staffer, I know how the sausage gets made: the backroom deals, the pet projects, and the extreme partisanship. Our current moment requires far more than the ego, moderation, and compromise that is typically reflected in federal legislation. This country's recognition--finally--of the devastation and destruction that comes from the over-policing and over-criminalization of black bodies and communities warrants real, meaningful change. The acknowledgment that Black Lives Matter--finally--demands bold and visionary leadership at the national level.

      Elected officials must dramatically reduce law enforcement budgets and put that savings into systems that could enfranchise black and brown people--housing, education, employment, and healthcare.

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      Statues, Statues, They All Fall Down

      Statues, Statues, They All Fall Down

      European monuments to historic slavers and colonizers are the latest victims of rising protests for justice.

      Eddie Chambers
      Jun 13, 2020

      When the brutal murder of George Floyd occurred on May 25 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, few people could have imagined that it would have such far-reaching repercussions. Following the equally egregious killings of Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor, some of us assumed that Floyd's name would join the miserable rollcall of names of black Americans such as Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, and Eric Garner, slain at the hands of racist police and their civilian counterparts.

      But Floyd's murder has ignited a breadth of protests seldom seen in the United States, and the current tension-filled climate has aspects that are still unfolding, and implications that are not yet fully appreciated.

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      "Stay in the Streets. It's Working": Two Weeks Into Racial Justice Protests, New York State Classifies Use of Chokeholds as Felony

      "Stay in the Streets. It's Working": Two Weeks Into Racial Justice Protests, New York State Classifies Use of Chokeholds as Felony

      "Let's keep pushing, marching, organizing, and winning for our communities."

      Julia Conley
      Jun 08, 2020

      Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Monday urged Americans to stay the course in the massive protests which have been held in cities and towns across the U.S. for the past two weeks, pointing to New York State lawmakers passing long-awaited legislation to classify chokeholds as a felony as evidence the pressure is working.

      The Eric Garner Anti-Chokehold Act passed in the New York State Assembly with a vote of 140-3. The bill now heads to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who is expected to sign it into law.

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