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As fall semester approaches, students fret about their institution’s safety
August 4, 2020NEWMARKET, N.H. — Students across the nation are preparing for the most turbulent semester of their lives. Post-secondary school administrators have started rolling out their strategies to combat the surge of COVID-19 cases and prevent a...
Read moreTsunami of evictions underway as moratoriums end
August 4, 2020The nation faces the potential of being plunged into the greatest homelessness crisis in history with the federal government this far poised to do nothing about it.
Read moreColorado takes a giant step toward police reform
August 3, 2020The measure is part of a broad police accountability and reform legislation restricting the use of force by officers and banning chokeholds, signed into law by Governor Jared Polis (D) on June 19.
Read moreL.A. approves workers’ councils to enforce coronavirus safety measures
August 3, 2020The Los Angeles County Federation of Labor called the councils “the first step in a bold new solution to stop the spread of COVID-19 and mitigate any new outbreaks.” COVID-19 is the official name for the...
Read moreDemands grow to free ‘Grace,’ Black teen jailed over homework
August 3, 2020A Michigan judge’s outrageous sentence is only one of the latest examples of the immoral school to prison pipeline destroying the lives of young people across America.
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