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Source: HPphoto / Getty The Louisiana Senate reaffirmed its commitment to Jim Crow-era practices this week by vetoing a bill that would’ve allowed incarcerated people convicted under split jury verdicts to seek a retrial.  According to AP, the bill failed on a 9-26 vote that fell along party lines. The bill was authored by state Sen. Royce Duplessis (D) and would’ve added split jury convictions to the list of claims […]

Source: Lima / Getty Over the last four months, the Trump administration has launched an all-out assault on anything it believes promotes Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) within the federal government. This makes it somewhat surprising that the U.S. Naval Academy announced that the majority of the books it pulled from the school’s libraries under the new anti-DEI mandates have been returned to bookshelves. ABC News reports that of the […]

Source: Dominik Pabis / Getty The media reckoning continues as the nation prepares to mark the five-year anniversary of George Floyd’s murder. A coalition of journalists, media advocates, and experts has launched a new initiative aimed at improving community reporting and ethics in Philadelphia.   “Safer Reporting for Safer Communities: A Code of Ethics for Community Reporting in Philadelphia,” reimagines how journalists, editors, and newsrooms report on public safety. Emerging from […]

Source: Kayla Reed, Action St Louis/The People’s Response Hub / Kayla Reed, Action St Louis/The People’s Response Hub Communities across St. Louis have taken action while the Trump administration plays games with approving disaster relief after devastating storms hit the region last week. While city officials initially urged people not to set up independent relief efforts, a grassroots coalition led by four Black-led organizations established the People’s Response Hub to […]

Source: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI / Getty I love living under an administration that straight up doesn’t care about the country’s actual problems. Sure we’ve got a cost of living crisis, an incoherent job market, and devastating climate events occurring more and more frequently, but at least we can rest easy knowing the Trump administration created a unit this week to tackle the biggest problem facing everyday, working class Americans: Diversity, Equity, […]