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      'More of This!' Merkley Leads Senate Demand for Separate Vote on Manchin Deal

      "Thank you to these senators for their solidarity with frontline communities against more fossil fuel pollution!" said one activist.

      Jessica Corbett
      Oct 12, 2022

      Environmental justice campaigners on Thursday welcomed a letter from eight senators demanding separate votes on a government funding resolution and Sen. Joe Manchin's fossil fuel-friendly federal permitting bill.

      The letter to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.)—who made a backroom deal with Manchin (D-W.Va.) on permitting reform to pass the Inflation Reduction Act—echoed a message that dozens of Democrats sent to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) last week.

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      Progressive Lawmakers Push Biden to Stop Transferring Military Weapons to Cops

      Progressive Lawmakers Push Biden to Stop Transferring Military Weapons to Cops

      "Militarized law enforcement increases the prevalence of police violence without making our communities safer," 22 members of Congress asserted.

      Brett Wilkins
      Jul 21, 2022

      Congressional progressives this week urged top Biden administration officials to end the transfer of military weapons to local law enforcement agencies under a program that critics say disproportionately harms communities of color.

      "It's time we demilitarize the police and abolish the 1033 program."

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      Families of Victims and 270+ Groups Call for UN Inquiry Into US Police Violence and Systemic Racism

      Families of Victims and 270+ Groups Call for UN Inquiry Into US Police Violence and Systemic Racism

      "It's past time for our nation to tackle racial inequity, injustice, and discrimination that permeates American life and institutions."

      Jessica Corbett
      May 10, 2021

      More than 170 families of people killed by U.S. police officers during the past three decades joined with over 270 civil society groups Monday to call for a United Nations inquiry into law enforcement violence and systemic racism in the United States, including responses to recent racial justice demonstrations.

      "If the Biden administration is serious about addressing police violence and its pledge to lead by the power of example, it should welcome international scrutiny into the nation's domestic human rights record."
      --Jamil Dakwar, ACLU

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