[Racial Disparities\Black Men]
Rep. Wilson: “The commission will review police brutality, gun violence, fatherhood, recruiting and training black male teachers, and even sneakers, which play an important role in the lives of Black boys.
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Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
House Passes Bill to Study Racial Disparities facing Black Men, Boys
CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS, CONGRESSIONAL MEMBERS, TO CALL FOR FEDERAL REFORM OF POLICE
[George Floyd\Police Reform]
The leaders of the nation’s top civil rights and social justice organizations and several members of Congress have scheduled a media briefing to demand federal action to reform the nation’s police departments.
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NATIONAL RIGHTS GROUPS CALL FOR PAUSE IN JUDICIAL CONFIRMATIONS PROCESS DURING COVID-19
[COVID-19\Judicial Confirmations]
NAACP’s Derrick Johnson: “The Senate’s move to advance Trump’s judicial nominations in the middle of a deadly pandemic will go down in history as an indefensible dereliction of duty.”
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REPS. PRESSLEY AND OMAR INTRODUCE STUDENT DEBT RELIEF PLAN
[COVID-19\Student Debt Emergency Relief Act]
Congresswoman Pressley. “Our $1.6 trillion student debt crisis stands in the way of any meaningful economic recovery effort during and after this pandemic, which is why we must cancel student loan debt in order to jumpstart the economy.”
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DEMOCRATS DEMAND REMOVAL OF TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ADVISOR STEPHEN MILLER FOR ADVOCATING WHITE SUPREMACY AGENDA
[White Supremacy\Stephen Miller]
Democratic senators: Mr. Miller worked to advance white supremacist, anti-immigrant ideologies. In the letter, the senators connect the e-mails to specific immigration policies Mr. Miller has implemented in his current position.
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HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE HOLDS HEARING ON POLICE BRUTALITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY
[Police Brutality News]
On Sep. 19 the House Judiciary Committee will be holding a hearing on police practices.
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