Mass. Commission Starts 5-Month Study of Qualified Immunity
A Truro Democrat on Friday pushed members of a new commission studying qualified immunity to reach out and listen to a diverse set of voices, saying the group's primarily white…
Families of people killed by police, organizers hold protest against police brutality in Phoenix
A group of about 40 people met in downtown Phoenix at the Cesar Chavez Memorial Plaza Friday evening to demand justice for multiple people killed at the hands of Arizona…
Lawmakers-of-color demanding hearings on police reform before session end
Members of the People of Color and Indigenous Caucus (POCI) at the Minnesota Legislature are demanding hearings and a vote on additional police reforms, well before the fast-approaching end of…
Commission Finds Anti-Black Police Violence Constitutes Crimes Against Humanity
On April 27, the International Commission of Inquiry on Systemic Racist Police Violence Against People of African Descent in the United States issued its long-awaited report on the U.S.’s police-perpetrated racist violence.…
Reparations fund will help Black women build houses — and wealth
In the 1900 block of Etting Street in west Baltimore earlier this year, Tonika Garibaldi led a tour of newly-renovated brick row houses. “We just finished the three houses that…
Reparations for Destroyed Linnentown Neighborhood Are a First in Georgia
On any weekday between September and May, students will likely be flowing down Baxter Street from high-rise dormitories at the top of the hill toward the University of Georgia campus.…
Why a Baltimore church is pledging half a million dollars in reparations
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Four Community Members Appointed to City’s Reparations Committee
Submitted by the City of Evanston On Monday, April 26, the Evanston City Council voted to approve four community members to serve on the City of Evanston’s Reparations Committee, joining…
UW Virtual Awareness Day for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls May 5
A virtual event to observe this year’s National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls will be Wednesday, May 5. The University of Wyoming’s Native American…
Does America Need a Truth and Reconciliation Commission?
Transitional justice has worked for dozens of countries with a legacy of systemic abuses. Last week, almost a year after George Floyd’s death first sparked a global reckoning over racial…