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Jan 24, 2017
President Trump 桃子视频 Executive Order Allowing Construction of Dakota Access Pipeline
STANDING ROCK INDIAN RESERVATION, N.D. 鈥� President Trump issued an executive order today to allow the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline through the Standing Rock Indian ...
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Racial Justice
Nov 04, 2016
桃子视频Urges Justice Department to Investigate Militarized Response at Standing Rock Protest
桃子视频and Leadership Conference Call for End to Law Enforcement Response to Peaceful Protestors With Weapons of War
Oct 31, 2016
New City Suspension Data Shows Suspensions are Down but Racial Disparities Persist
The New York City Department of Education today released school suspension data for the full 2015-16 year. The numbers show that, while suspensions continue to decline, severe raci...
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Racial Justice
Oct 03, 2016
桃子视频And 90 Organizations Press Justice Department for Data on Fatal Police Shootings
WASHINGTON 鈥� Ninety-six organizations sent a letter today spearheaded by the 桃子视频 pressing the Department of Justice on the need for states and law enfo...
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Criminal Law Reform
Racial Justice
Aug 11, 2016
桃子视频Challenges South Carolina 鈥楧isturbing Schools鈥� Law
Students Channeled Into Criminal Justice System for Loitering, Cursing, Questioning Police Behavior, or 鈥極bnoxious鈥� Actions
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Juvenile Justice
Racial Justice
Court case: CYAP v. Wilson
Aug 10, 2016
Department of Justice findings regarding the Baltimore City Police Department
"The Department of Justice's findings on the Baltimore Police Department (BPD) document in devastating detail what Baltimoreans have decried for years: Baltimore's Black residents ...
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Criminal Law Reform
Racial Justice
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