Titled “Struggle For Power: The Ongoing Persecution of Black Movement By The U.S. Government,” the report was first shared with the Associated Press. In the report, the two organizations noted that as protests across the country increased, so did police presence, the deployment of federal agents, and prosecution of protesters. According to the report, policing…
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DeSantis picked Education Board to withhold state funds from two school districts with mask mandates
On Wednesday, President Joe Biden vowed to stand with schools and educators working to protect kids, adding that existing federal pandemic funds could “100%” be used to compensate them. “If a governor wants to cut the pay of a hardworking education leader who requires masks in the classroom, the money from the American Rescue Plan…
Live: President Biden addresses the nation on the evacuations from Afghanistan
After a 45 minute delay, President Joe Biden spoke to the situation in Afghanistan, explaining that the United States has already extracted 14,000 from Kabul airport over the last week. He acknowledged a delay of some hours on Friday as the U.S. worked with allies to locate new areas to stage evacuees that include U.S.…
Parent allegedly kicks off first day of school by assaulting teacher over mask requirement
Amador County Unified School District Superintendent Torie Gibson told the outlet that the parent first confronted the school’s principal when he saw his child leave the building wear a mask. The parent was upset about the school’s mask requirement. Masks, mind you, are required for everyone while indoors on the school’s campus unless they have…
Appearance of corruption surrounding DeJoy bleeds onto Postal Service Board chair
Campaign Action According to a Postal Service spokesperson, DeJoy’s financial adviser made the purchases on the open market. Also according to that spokesperson, Bloom manages a whole different division than the one that sells those bonds DeJoy bought. Also according to the spokesperson, those bond sales certainly are not a conflict of interest. Not everyone…
ICE and private prison company GEO Group continue to endanger immigrants through use of pesticides
An investigation by the EPA lasting nearly seven months concluded in March that GEO Group violated the law by misusing a pesticide that sickened immigrants detained at another immigration prison operated by the company in southern California. The EPA-registered pesticide, HDQ Neutral, had already been used at the Adelanto Detention Facility for nearly a decade, but applications increased amid…