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Proposal by Katie Porter, House Dems Would Fund Mental Health First Responders to Reduce Police Violence

Rep. Katie Porter (D-Calif.) and three of her House Democratic colleagues introduced a bill on October 20, 2020 to fund mental health first responder units in a bid to reduce police violence against mentally ill people. (Photo: Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

With Louisiana Lagging in Testing Capacity, Top State Election Official Proposes Positive Covid-19 Test as Prerequisite for Voting by Mail

Julia Conley, staff writer

"Many of the state's 2.89 million registered voters will be forced to make an unconscionable choice between voting and maintaining their health and safety," said the NAACP Legal Defense Fund.

'This Is a Big Deal': Iowa Gov. Ends Voting Ban for People With Felony Convictions

Andrea Germanos, staff writer

Democratic voters attend the caucus at the Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa, the United States, Feb. 3, 2020.

The new executive order means there is now no U.S. state categorically banning...

Atlanta Cop Who Shot Rayshard Brooks in the Back Charged With 11 Counts—Including Felony Murder

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

Protesters took part in the March on Georgia, organized by NAACP, on June 15, 2020 in Atlanta. The march followed the police killing of Rayshard Brooks outside an Atlanta Wendy's restaurant on June 12.

"Make no mistake, the swiftness of this investigation is the result of people...

Calls Mount for 'Radical Changes in Policy and Policing' and the Arrest of Officer Who Killed Rayshard Brooks

Atlanta Police Shoot and Kill Rayshard Brooks as Protests Demanding Racial Justice Continue Worldwide

'Time Is of the Essence': After Wisconsin Fiasco, 150+ Civil Rights Groups Urge Congress to Protect 2020 Elections

Rights Advocates Demand National Attention to 'State of Emergency' in Mississippi Prisons, Where 12 Inmates Have Died In Less Than a Month

Groups Call It 'Ludicrous' and 'Offensive' to Let Impeached Trump Continue Right-Wing Takeover of Courts

'Unfit to Serve': NAACP Delegates Vote Unanimously for Trump Impeachment

Urging Congress to Support Medicare for All, Groups Declare Universal Healthcare 'A Racial Justice Necessity'

Citing Harm to Public Education, Bernie Sanders Calls for Ban on For-Profit Charter Schools

Civil Rights Group Says Senate Report on Election Interference Shows Russia 'Taking a Page Out of the US Voter Suppression Playbook'

The Sanders Institute's Gathering Was About Saving the World, But It Was Not About Bernie Sanders

'Our Democracy Is Sick': Progressive Groups Join Forces to End Corporate Sabotage of the Common Good

284 Members of Congress Just Got an 'F' on Their Civil Rights Report Card

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We, The Heart of Our Democracy

If you just couldn't watch Hillary - and we get it - you might have missed the electrifying call by Rev. William Barber, head of North Carolina's NAACP and leader of its Moral Mondays, to embrace "a moral revolution of values" and continue fighting for progressive causes. Citing Jesus, "a brown-skinned Palestinian Jew" - and only briefly referencing Clinton - Barber proclaimed, "We must shock this nation with the power of love. We must shock this nation with the power of mercy."