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Opinions, Police Violence Why We Need to Change the Law Enforcement System America has a problem: police brutality. In 2017 alone, American police killed 1,147 people.1 Police – whose job it is to protect people – have killed 1,147 people.1 While individual police officers are responsible for the
by storiesUncategorized Finding Hope in Syria White Helmets Syria is a hard place to grapple with, even for people who live there. Especially for people who live, or lived, in target zones. White Helmets is trying to make a difference. White Helmets, a volunteer corps of rescuers who go into the
by storiesPrison Reform Coronavirus in Prisons: An essay The outbreak of the coronavirus has highlighted the flaws of the United States’ institutions. The healthcare system, for example, has become overwhelmed after the influx of patients who have contracted COVID-19. The flaws of the American criminal justice system have been exposed in
by storiesChina, Human Rights, Uyghurs The Global Magnitsky Act: Background, Application, and Impact on the Uyghur Crisis Overview The Global Magnitsky Act (or the The Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act) is a bipartisan Act passed in the United States that allows the US federal government to sanction officials from foreign
by storiesChina, Human Rights, Uyghurs The Trip of No Return Written by Askar M. Edited by Christopher Gross, T. Ganz, and the Uyghur Cases Team When Hesenjan Qari left Kazakhstan to visit his family in February 2017, his wife Gulshan had no reason to suspect that he would never come back.
by storiesUncategorized Open letter to the New York City Counsel on the killing on Deion Fludd To the New York City Council Members, I am a reporter with Raise the Voices, an advocacy journalism organization. We are writing and publishing a report on Deion Fludd, who was beaten by NYPD officers
by storiesDetention Centers, Police Violence ICE Citizen’s Academy On July 13, 2020, U.S. Immigration and Custom Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO), announced its first ever Citizen’s Academy. It will take place in Chicago on September 15. Due to lack of information there were speculations about
by storiesUncategorized Portland and Your Own Hometown: What to Know and Do. Operation Legend: Trump announced in a recent speech that he would be sending a “surge” of federal law enforcement to Chicago and Albuquerque. Other cities are to come. Federal agents in unmarked cars Heightening protests is unmarked cars (mostly
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