Justice

Two guaranteed income projects in New York City and Atlanta are showing how modest monthly cash payments to low-income women of color can make a huge difference in alleviating race and gender-based economic inequities.

The drug charge is a felony and the domestic violence charge is a misdemeanor.

"We can no longer tolerate policies that make prescription drugs unaffordable and out of reach—Congress must act."

Dollard was charged with voluntary manslaughter and booked into the Georgetown County Detention Center.

Pandemic-related lockdowns have increased the risk of violence against women and girls. Many governments have made more resources for survivors available as part of their pandemic-relief efforts, but this assistance can do little to prevent future violence without programs to address its root causes.

“Nothing in this nightmare could ever make what happened to my son ok or justifiable. There is no amount of money that will bring him back."

If the U.S. government wants to play a constructive role in Ukraine, it should genuinely support this already existing framework for a solution to the crisis, and end the heavy-handed U.S. intervention that has only undermined and delayed its implementation.

The trial will show the importance of accountability even from police who are bystanders to murder, says Benjamin Crump, part of the legal team for George Floyd’s family.

The kind of question we the people of America should be asking ourselves, “Can we get along? Why is it that we can’t get along?”

"We must end the filibuster so the Senate can pass voting rights protections," declares the Congressional Progressive Caucus.