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Special News Series: Rising Up For Justice! – A Timeline of What Has Happened in the Year Since George Floyd’s Death

The country has both struggled to confront its history of racial division while continuing to succumb to it. Here’s a look back at all that has transpired since the killing of Mr. Floyd.

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Special News Series: Rising Up For Justice! – George Floyd’s Family Meets With Biden Amid Negotiations Over Police Reform Bill

President Biden lauded the courage of George Floyd’s family after meeting with them on the first anniversary of his murder by a Minneapolis police officer, a killing that launched protests and calls for police reform nationwide.

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Special News Series: Rising Up For Justice! – The fight to whitewash US history: ‘A drop of poison is all you need’

At least 15 states are trying to ban schools from teaching critical race theory and the 1619 Project. The reactionary movement stretches back to the 1920s and the KKK.

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Special News Series: Rising Up For Justice! -‘I allowed myself to feel guilty for a very long time’: the teenage cashier who took George Floyd’s $20

A year ago, Christopher Martin took an allegedly counterfeit bill. The police were called, and shortly after, Floyd would be dead.

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The Enemy Within

Over a decade after the FBI first issued its warning, American police departments remain an attractive option for white supremacists seeking work.

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Who Benefits From Watching Black Trauma on Screen?

What will it take for Black girls to exist as children on and off screen, without making them into adults to justify violence against them?

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Special News Series: Rising Up for Justice! – Floyd verdict gives hope, if only fleeting, to Black America

African-Americans across the United States rejoiced over the results of the Dereck Chauvin, but the reformation of policing is still needed.

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Special News Series: Rising Up For Justice! – Derek Chauvin Verdict Brings a Rare Rebuke of Police Misconduct

A jury deliberated for just over 10 hours before pronouncing Mr. Chauvin guilty on all three charges: second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter.

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Milwaukee helping shape a national conversation on racism as a public health crisis

Inequality can be deadly.

Milwaukee was among the first counties to reveal how deadly when the coronavirus pandemic struck just over a year ago. By tracking and publicly sharing demographic data, officials here quickly recognized what soon became a troubling national trend: COVID-19 was devastating Black and Latino communities. Milwaukee County was one of the very first in the country to explicitly track this data based on race.The data has helped determine where resources would be directed, including when it came to testing and vaccinations.

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After Another Police Shooting, Biden Urges Calm. Activists Want Answers.

President BIden had promised during his campaign trail to tackle policing in his first 100 days. With the killing of Daunte Wright, the issue has come to the forefront.

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