Three cities have canceled federal-state Joint Terrorism Task Force partnerships for intelligence-gathering, which are being wielded to suppress dissent in the Trump era.
Civil Rights in America
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Trump’s Simple Racism
The real targets of the war on DEI include civil rights enforcement, federal outlays that serve Black communities, and Black workers in and out of government.
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A Conversation With Randall Kennedy
How shall we redeem the deferred promise of civil rights and racial justice?
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Intelligence Bureau Watchdog Warns of FBI Overreach in NYC
The lone civilian representative overseeing a sprawling partnership between the federal government and the NYPD says that officers are avoiding guidelines in place for 40 years.
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Could a Trump Dictatorship Be Resisted?
If he is the next president, we could see civil disobedience on an unprecedented scale. Better to keep him out of the White House in the first place.
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A Fighter for the Working Class
Journalist Linda Tirado is dying after being shot by cops while covering the George Floyd protests. Her work told the story of poverty from the inside out.
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‘Mississippi Justice,’ American Shame
We still need federal intervention to drag some jurisdictions out of Jim Crow–era policing.
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Are Jews Safe in America?
Not entirely, but name me a place where Jews are safer.
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Q&A: Election 2024 Fake-Out
The FCC bans AI-generated robocalls, but deepfakes and other tactics could still disrupt the voting season.
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Assaults on the Right to Vote
The latest challenge to the Voting Rights Act of 1965 concerns who is allowed to sue to enforce it.
