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ACLU Welcomes DOJ Lawsuit Against Texas Abortion Ban
Photos: YouTube\Twitter WASHINGTON — Thursday, the U.S. Department of Justice announced a new lawsuit challenging Texas’ radical abortion ban. The law bans abortion after ...
Pressley: Our Work To End Unjust Federal Death Penalty Is Urgent
Photos: Amnesty International\YouTube WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) issued the following statement on the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) moratorium on federal executions. ...
White Supremacists In Effort To Instill Terror, Vandalize Black Churches in D.C.
Photo: YouTube The Proud Boys and other white supremacists targeted Asbury United Methodist Church and Metropolitan A.M.E. Church, two historically Black churches with acts ...
AG James Preparing Legal Action on Trump’s “Anarchist Jurisdiction” Designation
[Trump’s “Anarchist Jurisdiction”] James: “This designation is nothing more than a pathetic attempt to scare Americans into voting for a commander-in-chief who is actually ...
Oregon Congressional Leaders Denounce Trump’s Secret Police Invasion
[Portland] Sen. Ron Wyden: “The violent tactics deployed by Donald Trump and his paramilitary forces against peaceful protesters are those of a fascist regime, ...
AFT President Weingarten Welcomes Introduction of the Justice in Policing Act of 2020
[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 ...
ACLU ON INDIANAPOLIS POLICE KILLING OF DREASJON REED: POLICE KILLINGS OF BLACKS “SYSTEMIC”
[ACLU\Dreasjon Reed] ACLU’s Paige Fernandez: “These police killings are not one-off incidents and are not the result of a few bad apples, but rather ...
AMERICA’S PRISONS AND JAILS ARE BREEDING GROUNDS FOR COVID-19
[COVID-19\Prisons\Black America] According to The Marshall Project, there are approximately 9,500 infections among people detained and 3,950 infections among staff in prisons. This is ...
CALIFORNIA CONGRESSWOMAN WATERS BLASTS DISAPPOINTING WELLS FARGO SETTLEMENT
[Wells Fargo Settlement] Rep. Waters: “Despite today’s settlement, these hearings and the Committee’s investigation will make clear that the problems at Wells Fargo remain ...
MASSACHUSETTS CONGRESSWOMAN PRESLEY UNVEILS PROGRESSIVE CRIMINAL JUSTICE LEGISLATION PLAN
[Congressional News\Criminal Justice] Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley: “You cannot have a government for and by the people if it is not represented by all of ...
