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In Ahmaud Arbery's name, Georgia repeals citizen's arrest law

In Ahmaud Arbery's name, Georgia repeals citizen's arrest law

Georgia's Republican Gov. Brian Kemp signed a law repealing citizen's arrest in the state. The white men charged with killing Ahmaud Arbery are using citizen's arrest as part of their defense.
by Emma Hurt

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Rebroadcast — In Focus presents Locked Out: The path from incarceration to inclusion

Rebroadcast — In Focus presents Locked Out: The path from incarceration to inclusion

A rebroadcast of a conversation presented by MPR News and partner Tech Dump and hosted by Angela Davis about the challenges faced by Minnesota’s formerly incarcerated residents and what we can do as a state to support successful reentry after incarceration.
by Angela Davis and Rachel Yang

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Why people are fleeing Honduras for the U.S.: 'All that's left here is misery'

Why people are fleeing Honduras for the U.S.: 'All that's left here is misery'

Hunger, violence and catastrophic flooding are leading more families to flee the Honduras for the southern U.S. border than any other country. At least 200 families a day are asking for asylum.
by John Burnett

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Reversing Trump, U.S. restores transgender health protections

The Biden administration says the government will protect gay and transgender people against sex discrimination in health care. That reverses a Trump-era policy that sought to narrow the scope of legal rights in sensitive situations involving medical care.
by The Associated Press

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Megan Rohrer elected as 1st openly transgender bishop in U.S. Lutheran church

Megan Rohrer elected as 1st openly transgender bishop in U.S. Lutheran church

Megan Rohrer, a pastor in San Francisco, will serve as bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America's Sierra Pacific synod, which includes congregations across Northern California and Nevada.
by Emma Bowman

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Elk River students asked the school’s equity specialist to explain looting. Now parents want him fired

Elk River students asked the school’s equity specialist to explain looting. Now parents want him fired

The teacher whose class had the discussion described the lesson as a constructive one that helped students make sense of current events. But many parents who clicked on a partial recording later interpreted the conversation differently. In between those two accounts lies a fault line that confronts educators — especially Black educators — when they try to discuss race in the classroom.
by Becky Z. Dernbach

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