[Congressional News\Voting Rights]
Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton: “The Supreme Court’s 2013 decision that gutted the Voting Rights Act has been immeasurably harmful to our democracy. Following this decision, over a dozen states quickly moved to erect new barriers to voting, particularly targeting people of color, the elderly, and low-income residents.”
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[New York News\Lottery]
Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr.: “Low-income communities generate much of the lottery’s revenue but they don’t receive benefits proportionate to their patronage of the system. That money should be spent to support low-income students with specific programs in schools that are aimed at the alleviation of poverty in both the short and long terms.”
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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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[New York News\Criminal Justice]
On Nov. 21, Dr. Salaam, and New York Times Pulitzer-Prize winning columnist Jim Dwyer, will examine what went wrong, evaluate what has or has not changed about journalistic practice since the Central Park Five case, and analyze the ways racism, bias, an accepted narrative, emotion, anger, and fear shape how a story is told.
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