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Police Budgets Are Ballooning as Social Programs Crumble | Philly D.A. Larry Krasner Is Ready to Charge Invading Federal Agents



25 July 2020

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Police Budgets Are Ballooning as Social Programs Crumble

Cities across the country have defied demands from protesters to defund police despite facing huge budget deficits from Covid-19.

BY INDIGO OLIVIER

Philly D.A. Larry Krasner Says He’s Ready to Charge Invading Federal Agents with Crimes

Krasner sees a way out of our “drunken stumble” into fascism.

BY HAMILTON NOLAN

Beware the Anti-Defamation League’s Efforts to Partner with Progressive Orgs

The Anti-Defamation League has a long history of smearing Black activists, working with police, and evoking “hate speech” to demonize the peaceful BDS movement.

BY SARAH LAZARE AND ADAM JOHNSON

Defund the Police? Why Not?

We should not confuse public safety with investments in systems of punishment.

BY JOEL BLEIFUSS

Protesting Native Deaths by Police

Amid protests against police violence nationwide, a march was held in remembrance of a Native man who died in police custody while suffering a mental health crisis.

BY ELENA CARTER

No Excuses for a Racist Murderer: W.E.B. DuBois on the Legacy of Robert E. Lee

Historian and civil rights organizer, W.E.B. DuBois, wrote this short essay in 1928.

BY W.E.B. DUBOIS

WORKING IN THESE TIMES

Single Mothers and Their Children Are Taking Over Abandoned Public Buildings

This is the most significant housing take over in the country.

BY MINDY ISSER

RURAL AMERICA IN THESE TIMES

Bayer Engineered a New Corn Seed That’s Resistant to Five Herbicides. But How Long Will It Work?

The product comes at a time when Bayer, which acquired agribusiness giant Monsanto in 2018, and its pesticides are under scrutiny.

BY JOHNATHAN HETTINGER


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