Jun 29 New York City mayor seeks $1 billion police cut amid City Hall protest By Associated Press With a "defund the police" sit-in protest continuing outside City Hall, de Blasio said that the NYPD had found ways to find the cuts from its current $6 billion budget that would open up more funding for other community programs. Continue reading
Jun 29 Cities try to arrest their way out of homeless problems By Ryan E. Little, Gina Scalpone, Nick McCool, Theresa Diffendal, Zack Demars, Aneurin Canham-Clyne, Riin Aljas, The Howard Center for Investigative Reporting Howard Center for Investigative Journalism Reporting by a consortium of seven universities shows that most of the country's least affordable communities have five or more laws that prohibit everything from sharing food to standing in one place too long. Continue reading
Jun 29 READ: Supreme Court's full decision on Louisiana's abortion restriction By Dan Cooney A Louisiana law requiring doctors who perform abortions to obtain admitting privileges at a nearby hospital “is unconstitutional,” a majority of justices on the Supreme Court ruled Monday. Continue reading
Jun 29 Why police unions are so powerful - and what that means for reform By Amna Nawaz, Sam Lane, Mike Fritz, Vika Aronson, Emily Carpeaux, Erica R. Hendry Police unions are under the microscope like never before. Though police unions play a critical role in protecting officers rights, experts say they can also block reform and prevent officers from being held accountable in cases of misconduct. In this… Continue reading
Jun 29 WATCH: Witnesses testify on police clash with Lafayette Square protesters By Courtney Vinopal The House Natural Resources Committee will hold an oversight hearing June 29 to discuss the clash between protesters and U.S. Park Police at Lafayette Square earlier in the month. Continue reading
Jun 29 Supreme Court strikes down Louisiana abortion clinic law By Mark Sherman, Associated Press The Supreme Court on Monday struck down a Louisiana law regulating abortion clinics. Continue reading
Jun 28 Watch 11:31 Celebrating female trailblazers for women's suffrage centennial By PBS NewsHour Starting Monday, PBS will be airing a two-part series as part of its “Trailblazers” initiative, celebrating 100 years of women’s suffrage in America. The documentary, titled “And She Could Be Next” follows women candidates and organizers who are transforming American… Continue watching
Jun 28 Watch 2:13 Remembering the '80s HIV epidemic this Pride By PBS NewsHour This Pride, we are remembering a community’s struggle with a different epidemic decades ago. Raised by gay parents, a man recalls how HIV AIDS was impacting people around him and how a group of men called his “aunties” helped him… Continue watching
Jun 28 Watch 5:23 America Inc overhauls brands in support of BLM By Christopher Booker, Connie Kargbo Products like Aunt Jemima are going through a branding and advertising overhaul as companies respond to the Black Lives Matter movement. NewsHour Weekend’s Christopher Booker reports on America Inc’s efforts to address and eliminate brand names and imagery that reflect… Continue watching
Jun 28 In NYC, marking 50th anniversary of Pride, no matter what By Deepti Hajela, Brian Mahoney, Associated Press With the city’s massive Pride parade canceled, Sunday's performances were virtual, the flags flew in emptier than normal spaces and the protesters were masked. Continue reading