Elections2020
National uprising continues: Reports from around the country
June 9, 2020People's World is being inundated with correspondence from local reporters and activists around the country. Presented here are just a few recent selections submitted from towns and cities across the United States.
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George Floyd mourned in small town vigils despite armed vigilantes
June 9, 2020There have been protests in at least 580 towns and cities, many in rural “red states,” the majority of them organized by students and youth of all races.
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Black lawmakers in California set goals: Study reparations, revive affirmative action
June 9, 2020Also among the measures introduced is a proposal to restore voting rights to those serving parole.
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Keep marching: From streets to voting booth and back again
June 9, 2020Racist police violence, global pandemic, and a COVID-sparked economic crisis—November 2020 will be an election like no other.
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Congressional Dems unveil big police reform package
June 8, 2020The lawmakers flew into D.C., despite the coronavirus pandemic, to showcase the Justice In Policing Act. And they challenged their congressional GOP colleagues to act, too – a challenge most Republicans have so far rejected.
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