Police foundations across the country are partnering with corporations to raise money to supplement police budgets by funding programs and purchasing tech and weaponry for law enforcement with little public oversight.
The state became the first to make major changes in police practices in the wake of George Floyd’s killing, which has spurred nationwide protests.
In this time of heightening crisis, we must be brave enough to use our full imaginations — and listen to those who have been dreaming of and fighting for just cities and communities for years.
The New York governor is replacing elected representatives with private, unaccountable monopolists, and lawmakers across the US are doing the same thing. Too many decision-makers are ceding their policy to corporate power and private sector privileg
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Every day at 7pm hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers stand at their balconies and windows to clap for three minutes for those working on the frontline of the fight against coronavirus
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