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Aug 21, 2020
In This Moment: The RNC, Voting, and Knowing Your Rights
With the Republican National Convention (RNC) taking place right now in Charlotte, some of us may engage in acts of protest, taking a stand against the Trump administration’s discriminatory and hateful policies. As a nonpartisan organization, we don’t support or oppose candidates or officials.
Aug 21, 2020
In This Moment: The RNC, Voting, and Knowing Your Rights
With the Republican National Convention (RNC) taking place right now in Charlotte, some of us may engage in acts of protest, taking a stand against the Trump administration’s discriminatory and hateful policies. As a nonpartisan organization, we don’t support or oppose candidates or officials.
By Chantal Stevens
Aug 04, 2020
Undocumented Youth Won on DACA, but Trump’s a Sore Loser. So What’s Next?
After a rebuke from the Supreme Court, President Trump is again trying to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program — a program that protects over 700,000 people from deportation and allows them to work and attend school in the United States, their home.
Jul 31, 2020
Prosecutors Disappoint During the Pandemic — 3rd Edition
As the COVID-19 pandemic threatens to become a death sentence for people trapped in prisons and jails across the U.S., the actions — or inaction — of prosecutors to decarcerate have had a tangible life or death impact. Read more about Mecklenburg County's District Attorney.
Jul 27, 2020
Incarcerated People are Still Dying of COVID-19, and We’re Still Fighting to Save Them
The recent spikes in COVID-19 cases across the country are a stark reminder that the pandemic is still very much with us. As John Oliver recently noted, nowhere is that more true than in jails and prisons.
Jul 24, 2020
A Court Ordered NC State Officials to do More to Protect Incarcerated People from COVID-19. They’re Still Fighting It.
On June 16, 2020, Wake County Superior Court Judge Rozier granted our motion for an emergency injunction, finding that the conditions inside North Carolina’s state prisons were likely unconstitutional, and ordered state officials to take a series of measures designed to combat the spread of COVID-19
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