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Opinion: DEI strategies are due for a change
Lawrence Journal-World· 17 hours agoReports of the death of DEI, the widely praised and reviled — take your pick — employment policies to improve diversity, equity and inclusion, have been...
Questions and grief linger at the apartment door where a deputy killed a US airman
KOLR - KSFX Ozarks· 1 day agoWASHINGTON (AP) — At the apartment door where a Florida deputy shot and killed Senior Airman Roger...
Reform of RI's police bill of rights is closer than ever with House approval. What to expect.
The Providence Journal via Yahoo News· 5 days ago...a 58-to-14 vote on Thursday after a heated two-hour debate, the long-sought compromise was born of the public anger and frustration sparked by a string of incidents of alleged police misconduct locally and nationally, including: The 2020 murder of George Floyd while in Minneapolis police custody...
Body-cam video shows fatal shooting of Black airman by Fla. deputy in apartment doorway
The Day· 15 hours agoChantimekki Fortson, mother of Roger Fortson, a U.S. Navy airman, holds a photo of her son during a...
Guest columnist Laura Briggs: Why send police to halt a peaceful protest at UMass?
Daily Hampshire Gazette· 53 minutes agoLet’s just say the obvious: The University of Massachusetts Amherst — indeed the overwhelming majority of universities — have never before sent phalanxes of police in riot gear to respond to ...
Why Not Memes? | Lauren Michele Jackson
New York Review of Books· 15 hours agoThe first essay by Lauren Michele Jackson that I ever read was published in the summer of 2020, a week or so into the protests following the death of ...
Historic settlement in George Floyd murder attracts backlash
The Daily Dot· 6 days agoAt the end of April, the Minneapolis City Council unanimously voted to give a settlement of $150,000...
Opinion: Restoring Confederate names on schools is a lesson in why symbols matter
CNN.com· 1 hour agoEditor’s Note: Nicole Hemmer is an associate professor of history and director of the Carolyn T. and...
Chauvin represents himself in effort to withdraw tax fraud guilty plea
KMSP via Yahoo News· 4 days agoDerek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer convicted of killing George Floyd in 2020,...
Advocates sue Black Hawk County over jail inmate fees spent for ice cream, cotton candy
Gannett via AOL· 10 hours ago"It's a hugely problematic practice, and I think that our lawsuit just really underscores how...