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FocusRuth Bader Ginsburg: Fierce women鈥檚 advocate, and icon in her own rightSupreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died Friday, was a fierce advocate for the equal treatment of women in every aspect of life.
First LookCity of Louisville to pay $12 million to Breonna Taylor's familyBreonna Taylor's mother, Tamika Palmer, filed a lawsuit against the city after her daughter was killed in a botched police raid in March. Police reforms will also be instituted as part of the settlement.
First LookCourt deals blow to humanitarian immigration programU.S. immigrants from four countries with Temporary Protected Status may face deportation following a court decision to allow the Trump administration to end the policy. TPS has been granted and extended since 1990 under Republican and Democratic administrations.
First LookOfficers charged in George Floyd's death seek individual trialsFour former Minneapolis police officers who were charged in the death of George Floyd are requesting to be tried separately. But prosecutors say all four should be tried together as they acted in concert.
First LookKenosha rally: Calls for police reform and to get out the voteAt a peaceful march and rally in Kenosha, Wisconsin, Saturday, speakers called for people to vote for change in November, and to push for police reform.
America the fearful: What follows summer of unrest?Fear may be an equal opportunity emotion, affecting both sides of a conflict. But does it affect both sides in equal measure?
Police taught a simple rule: 鈥榊ou don鈥檛 shoot a perp in his back鈥�For police, shooting someone in the back violates an ethical principle of engagement. A noted exception: if the fleeing person poses a serious threat.
How do you 鈥榙efund the police鈥� in Texas? Very carefully.Some cities in Texas are starting to redirect spending from police departments to other agencies over opposition from Gov. Greg Abbott.聽
Cover StoryFrom life in prison to out on parole: One group easing the transitionIn a pioneering California program, former prisoners help newly released offenders cope on the outside.
First LookSeattle's first Black police chief resigns over budget cutsPolice Chief Carmen Best had loyal supporters throughout Seattle, but announced her retirement after the City Council voted to cut the department's budget and staff.聽Black Lives Matter Seattle-King County decried the cuts as "performative."
First LookLife in prison for smashing windows? Utah charges BLM protestors.Salt Lake City prosecutors justified the use of gang-related charges, saying protesters worked together to cause damages. Critics say the potential life sentence doesn't fit the alleged crime.
FocusTwo cities, a spike in crime, and the federal responseFederal law enforcement鈥檚 deployment to Portland and Chicago poses risks for cop-community relations. But some hope it could prompt reform.
Reparations is a nonstarter in Congress. Not in this Southern city.A reparations ordinance in Asheville, North Carolina, is among a growing number of local initiatives to tackle racial inequities.聽
As a statue falls, Texas Rangers are cast as heroes and villainsThe removal of a statue at a Dallas airport is part of a larger grappling with historic racism against Black and Latino communities in Texas.聽
First LookOpposing federal agents, violent protests erupt in US citiesProtests took a violent turn in several U.S. cities over the weekend, including Seattle; Oakland, Calif.; Richmond, Virginia;聽 Austin, Texas; and Baltimore.聽
The feds take their Portland approach on the road. Three questions.The deployment of the federal officers to Portland 鈥� and their questionable tactics 鈥� appear to have just been the start of a multi-city program.
First LookWhy Democrats want federal agents out of Portland, OregonAfter a weekend of violent protests, top Democratic lawmakers want an investigation into the use of federal law enforcement agencies in Portland, Ore.聽
鈥楯ustice needs to be served鈥�: Minneapolis businesses put principles firstIn a Minneapolis neighborhood hit hard by protests following George Floyd鈥檚 death, a desire for racial justice unites independent business owners even as they face an uncertain recovery.
FocusWhy libertarians are joining BLM calls to defund policeIn New Hampshire,聽Carla Gericke is a聽Republican running for state Senate 鈥� with an agenda that includes reducing police budgets.
In Oklahoma tribal decision, 鈥榬ule of the strong鈥� falls to rule of lawIn McGirt v. Oklahoma, the U.S Supreme Court held that as much as half of the state of Oklahoma may now, legally, be Indian Country.
