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Special News Series: Rising Up For Justice! – CA to study, consider reparations for Black residents after landmark law passed

Governor Newsom signing bill into law

California has become the first state to adopt a law that requires a study of how the state could provide reparations to Black residents and the descendants of slaves.

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Special News Series: Rising Up For Justice! – Workers at major chains are taking legal action in fight over employees’ right to wear BLM masks

BLM protester with an "I can't breathe" mask on and her arms up

Companies typically have latitude to determine dress codes, enforcing bans on Black Lives Matter gear can make corporate statements against racism look “insincere and performative.”

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Special News Series: Rising Up For Justice! – Cars have hit BLM demonstrators 104 times since George Floyd protests began

Car barrels through BLM protest

There have been over 100 incidents of people driving vehicles into protests from May 27 through Sept. 5, including 96 by civilians and eight by police, according ta terrorism researcher at the University of Chicago’s Project on Security and Threats.

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Special News Series: Rising Up For Justice! – Website helps people with illnesses and disabilities participate in BLM protests

Online protesters

The website, Public Public Address helps people with illnesses and disabilities participate in these protests and make their voices heard without putting their lives at risk.

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Special News Series: Rising Up For Justice! – New survey says white support for BLM has slipped. Some historians say they’re not surprised.

A protester holds up a Black Lives Matter sign

Earlier this summer thousands of Americans spilled into the streets over the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery, and sparked an outcry against racism not seen in this country for decades. But recent polling suggests white support for the Black Lives Matter movement has slipped.

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Special News Series: Rising Up For Justice! – Kenosha protesters sue Facebook and armed men they say helped incite violence

Kyle Rittenhouse and another heavily armed civilian

Four people who were protesting in Kenosha the night of Aug. 25, including the girlfriend of a man who was killed by Kyle Rittenhouse during the unrest, have sued Facebook and three armed men they say fomented violence through social media.

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Special News Series: Rising Up For Justice! – CA city announced $4 million settlement over police shooting of mentally ill Black man

Photo of Miles Hall in his mother's (Taun Hall) hands.

Walnut Creek, California announced a $4 million settlement of a federal lawsuit with the family of Miles Hall, a 23-year-old Black man who was shot by police last year while having a mental health episode.

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Special News Series: Rising Up For Justice! – Threats To Pull Federal Resources From Cities Because Of BLM Protests Are Damaging

Militarized police show of force

Making threats to pull federal resources from cities does nothing to help those communities impacted by police violence, and could be especially harmful to the safety of these communities which are already facing budget deficits due to COVID-19.

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Special News Series: Rising Up For Justice! – Has the skin lightener industry learned from Black Lives Matter?

Woman holding sign "Melanin Is Not Your Enemy"

Black Lives Matter has jolted the skin lightener industry. Manufacturers of skin lighteners joined other corporations in voicing support for the racial justice movement. Critics quickly pointed out the hypocrisy of voicing such support while continuing to sell skin whitening products globally.

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Special News Series: Rising Up For Justice! – Statement on the Death of US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

The BLM Movement salutes Justice Ginsburg as a woman of resilient courage, strength and character. She was determined to change the trajectory of inequalities in communities often forgotten. Even to the end of her life, she remained committed to BLM’s mantra: that none of us are free, until we are all free.

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