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Why Reform Falls Short in Stopping Police Violence
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Why Reform Falls Short in Stopping Police Violence
Dominique Stewart
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Last year became the deadliest year for fatal police encounters, despite calls for reform and racial justice after the 2020 protests.

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Neighborhoods Social Justice
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What MLK Boulevards Teach Us About Collective Forgetting
A green street sign of MLK boulevard on the corner of a street.

What MLK Boulevards Teach Us About Collective Forgetting
Andrew Lee
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The memorialization of social justices leaders and victims, as in the case of MLK boulevards, is meaningless without systemic change.

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Media & Culture Neighborhoods
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The Anniversary of George and the Right to Protest
A crowd of people protesting.

The Anniversary of George and the Right to Protest
Nicole Cardoza
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Since the protests in summer 2020, over 100 pieces of anti-protest legislation have been introduced or implemented across the U.S.

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Politics Social Justice
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Unpack the Derek Chauvin trial.
Nicole Cardoza
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For the past month, Derek Chauvin has been on trial for the murder of George Floyd. Finally, the verdict is out. Chauvin faced three charges: second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter. To convict Chauvin, the prosecution needed to show each charge beyond a reasonable doubt. The prosecution did not need to prove that Chauvin intended to kill George Floyd to convict him of the charges.

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Criminal Justice
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