February 11, 2019
Fear of the left
Inside the Kimpton Sawyer Hotel, the then-U.S. attorney general was telling the California Peace Officers Association about his boss’ plan to sue the state over its immigration protections. Accius and…
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Independent prosecutor bill a victory for fair, just New Jersey: Letter
Gov. Phil Murphy Wednesday signed into law an independent prosecutor bill that requires the state attorney general to supersede county prosecutors in any death investigation involving law enforcement officers. Additionally,…
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Brockton BIC leader leads anti-racism campaign
Dickerson is the director of Brockton Interfaith Community, a coalition of activists and religious groups from the city. In addition to online videos, which are posted with the hashtags “52WeekChallenge”…
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Civil rights groups push N.J. Gov. Murphy to sign bill for independent investigations of police-involved fatalities
“Whenever this type of force is used and a life is taken, is it that much to ask for an independent review?” Sweeney said in an interview this week. “Give…
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Faith in Action AL holds Lament and Hope Walk for victims of gun violence
The Lament and Hope Walk was held for families at First United Methodist. “I can feel the grief, I can feel the pain from those families,” Candricka Sutton. “It’s overwhelming…
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Seven deadly lessons
For Simmons, a board member of Sacramento Area Congregations Together and student of the civil rights movement, all this feels a little too reactive. It made news when he resigned…
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Kansas City memorial is first to honor a Missouri lynching victim
The Black Archives of Mid-America in Kansas City, the Missouri Conference of the NAACP, Missouri Faith Voices, Missourians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty and the Equal Justice Initiative teamed…
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