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HuffPostThis Death Row Lawyer Says Americans Won’t Be Free Until We Face Racist History
An HBO documentary about Bryan Stevenson sounds an urgent call to examine the nation's past, from slavery to lynching.
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More Than 70 Million People -- A Record -- Were Displaced In 2018, UN Says
The head of the UN refugee agency sees a "rising trend" of people fleeing their homes to escape violence and persecution.
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What You Need To Know About Over-The-Counter Birth Control
Democratic lawmakers, including 2020 candidates, are backing bills to make birth control pills available without a prescription and covered by insurance.
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Valerie Jarrett Defends Biden On Hyde: It Was ‘Good’ He Was ‘Willing To Change’
The former Obama adviser also dismissed comments the 2020 presidential candidate has made about girls’ looks at campaign events as “generational.”
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez And Ayanna Pressley Want Birth Control To Be Over-The-Counter
Several 2020 Democratic candidates signed on to a similar bill in the Senate, to make birth control available without a prescription and covered by insurance.
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2020 Democrats Rip Trump For Saying He'd Accept Dirt From Foreign Powers
Trump told ABC that he’d “want to hear it” if another country offered information about a political opponent -- and added he might not tell the FBI.
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Cages With 'Kids' Pop Up Around NYC To Protest Immigrant Detention
The art installations were meant to bring awareness to the horrific conditions children and other migrants face at the southern U.S. border.
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Most Americans Say Their Support For Transgender Rights Has Grown In Recent Years
But public opinion on key transgender rights issues hasn’t changed significantly over the past couple years.
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U.S. Government Says Traveler Photos Were Taken In Data Breach
Customs and Border Protection said a subcontractors’ network was compromised in a cyberattack but did not say how many people were affected.
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Trump Administration Denies U.S. Embassies Permission To Fly Pride Flag: Reports
Embassies had previously flown the rainbow flag in June in support of LGBTQ Pride Month.
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Here's Where 2020 Candidates Stand On Repealing The Hyde Amendment
Joe Biden changed his position on federal abortion funding limits, joining Elizabeth Warren, Kamala Harris and others in pushing to end the measure.
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Primary Debate Moderators Have Mostly Been White Men: Report
An analysis by Time’s Up of the past two decades of presidential primary debates shows a huge lack of diversity among moderators.
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San Francisco Will Close Its Juvenile Hall By The End Of 2021
Officials in the California city voted to shutter the youth detention facility and expand juvenile justice alternatives.
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Homelessness Rises In Los Angeles Amid Statewide Swell
The number of homeless people in the California city increased 16 percent from last year, part of a spike in homelessness across the state in recent years.
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Democrats Will Have Female And Nonwhite Moderator At Each 2020 Debate
The Democratic National Committee set new requirements for its primary debates, which will have a historically diverse field of presidential candidates.
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Record Number Of Black Women To Graduate West Point Military Academy
The 34 female African American cadets in the 2019 graduating class will make history.
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Sacramento Police Face Criticism For Arresting, Putting Sack Over Head Of 12-Year-Old Black Boy
The boy, pinned to the ground, can be heard saying “I can’t breathe” through the sack, which officers referred to as a “spit mask.”
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Ocasio-Cortez Probes How Facial Recognition Can ‘Exacerbate’ Racism
“Who are the primary engineers and designers of these algorithms?” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez asked an expert. “White men,” she replied.
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San Francisco Police Claim Journalist Whose Home They Raided 'Committed A Crime'
The police chief said they are investigating the reporter as a “co-conspirator” in a leaked police report about Public Defender Jeff Adachi’s death.
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Nevada State Legislature Passes Pro-Choice Abortion Bill
The legislation comes amid a series of anti-abortion measures moving forward in other states.