[Kamala Harris\2020 Election]
Spencer Critchley: “Kamala Harris has a very substantive background…Her relative youth helps with concerns about Biden’s age. I would expect her to be very effective in debates, including in the traditional VP candidate role of attack dog.”
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[George Floyd Justice In Policing Act]
Rep. Nadler: “The House has done its job today but that is not the end of the story. The Senate must take up this legislation and send it to the President’s desk without delay. This is not the time for half measures…This is not the time for fake reform.”
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[American Federation of Teachers\Justice in Policing Act of 2020]
Weingarten: “This legislation makes clear that police brutality, misconduct, harassment and killing have no place in this country.”
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[Emmett Till Antilynching Act \H.R. 35]
Rep. Bass: “It is a travesty that it has taken 120 years since antilynching legislation was first introduced in 1900, for the United States government to address this issue. Lynching is an act of terrorism and was common.”
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[New York News\Criminal Justice]
Despite the growing call to end solitary from community members, the Public Advocate, City Council Members, the Council Speaker, leading presidential candidates, and countless others across the city, state, and country, Mayor de Blasio has said he is “not there yet.” Instead, the Mayor has actively worked to undermine even minimal efforts to reduce solitary.
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[Middle East News]
Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, on Saudi war in Yemen: “U.S. logistical support, spare-parts transfers and intelligence sharing for the Saudi dictatorship’s airstrikes make us complicit in this nightmare. By passing our bill earlier this year, the House and Senate have spoken: America’s involvement in Saudi Arabia’s war is unconstitutional and must end immediately.”
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[Essence 25th Festival News]
25 Essence Anniversary Festival runs from July 5-8 In New Orleans and will have keynote speeches by 2020 Candidates Kamala Harris, Cory Booker, Elizabeth Warren, Pete Buttigieg & Beto O’Rourke…
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[Election News]
National Book Award-winning author Jonathan Kozol says former Vice-President Joe Biden told a “bald-faced lie” about Biden when confronted by Kamala Harris…
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