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New Analysis Shows US Police 3 Times More Likely to Use Violence Against Leftist Protesters Than Far-Right

New data from the U.S. Crisis Monitor and the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project (ACLED) show that police used violence against leftist demonstrators three times as often as against rightwing protesters. (Photo: Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images)

'Justice Was Not Served': No Charges Against Kenosha Cop Who Shot and Paralyzed Jacob Blake

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

"We feel this decision failed not only Jacob and his family, but the community that protested and demanded justice," said his attorneys.

Civil Rights Groups Urge Biden to Nominate Attorney General Dedicated to 'Bedrock Principle of Equal Justice'

Brett Wilkins, staff writer

Protesters in a Black Lives Matter march in Washington, D.C. on June 3, 2020. (Photo: Tasos Katopidis/Getty Images)

"We need an attorney general... committed to ending discrimination; addressing...

Civil Rights Groups Sound Alarm Over Planned Closure of More Than Half of Early Runoff Voting Sites in Key Georgia County

Brett Wilkins, staff writer

Long lines plagued many primary and general elections in 2020, as here in Atlanta, Georgia on June 9, 2020. (Photo: Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images)

The coronavirus pandemic "has had extremely harsh effects in Black and Latinx...

'A Win for Voters': Rights Advocates Celebrate After Appeals Court Rejects Trump's Attempt to Block Certification of PA Election Results

'Haul Louis DeJoy in Front of a Criminal Grand Jury': Outrage After USPS Misses Court-Ordered Election Day Deadline

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

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

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

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

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

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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."