It’s no secret that Trump, a white supremacist, dislikes immigrants. It would have seemed his administration’s attempts to ban migrants from certain countries, separate migrant children from their parents, deny asylum waits on US soil, make it more expensive…
Today is the first day of the impeachment hearings for Trump. While many of us may not be able to watch it, we should all reinforce the importance and seriousness of the hearings by supporting the need for it…
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8 changes that must happen now to help sexual assault victims
By Gabriela Vega ncluido While Bill Cosby works to restore his legacy by apparently refusing to go away after escaping numerous sexual assault charges by virtue of a hung jury, we need to establish new and better practices for victims….
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Most Oklahoma police seizures of cash come from blacks, Hispanics
By Clifton Adcock, Ben Fenwick and Joey Stipek Oklahoma Watch Nearly two thirds of seizures of cash by Oklahoma law enforcement agencies come from blacks, Hispanics and other racial or ethnic minorities, an Oklahoma Watch analysis of high-dollar forfeiture…
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Call to reform juvenile and criminal justice system rings louder
LatinaLista — Immigration isn’t the only issue on the list in need of reform. Over the last few years, a growing call to reform the criminal justice system has sounded through the nation as more instances of unarmed people…
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Crowdfunder: Shining a spotlight on reforming the criminal justice system
LatinaLista — Campaign: THE RETURN — a film about criminal justice reform After years spent documenting the profound harm caused by the punitive American criminal justice and mass incarceration systems through their previous work, Kelly Duane De la Vega,…
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New survey highlights “whites'” trust of law enforcement over Latinos and blacks
LatinaLista — The myth of a color-blind society just got another nail hammered in its coffin thanks to the 2014 General Social Survey sponsored by the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. The complete report highlights the fact…
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Court overturns Arizona law denying bail to immigrant felony suspects
By Camaron Stevenson Cronkite News WASHINGTON – A federal appeals court Wednesday overturned Arizona’s Proposition 100, saying the voter-approved law banning bail for felony suspects who are believed to be in this country illegally is unconstitutional on its face….