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Mass opposition to Flock surveillance grows in Denver

Outrage in Denver as Mayor sidesteps council to renew controversial flock surveillance contract

Imam with Zohran Muslim-American civil rights organizations denounce “Islamophobic” attacks against Imam Siraj Wahhaj

Muslim groups and civil rights leaders denounce right-wing smear campaign after viral photo of Imam Siraj Wahhaj is weaponized by media and politicians

After Black man found hanging from a tree in Mississippi, civil rights leaders question official story

Independent autopsy sought as Reed’s death sparks scrutiny and historic parallels to US legacy of racially-motivated lynchings

Flooding New Orleans Katrina Twenty years since Hurricane Katrina: a storm that exposed the system

From tens of thousands left abandoned to a militarized “looting” crackdown, Hurricane Katrina laid bare racial inequities and government neglect

Trump administration fires 1,300 Department of Education workers

The mass layoffs by the Trump administration effectively gut the Department, cutting departmental staff by nearly one third

Trump and billionaire-led cabinet continue attacks on federal workers

The right-wing launches manifold attacks against federal workers, led in part by unelected billionaire Elon Musk

87% of service workers in the US South were injured on the job last year

Southern service workers allege that South Carolina’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration discriminates against Black workers